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NEW CLASS!June 1-2, 2024: Dive into the Wonderful World of Hemp with
Michele Belson, co-owner of Lunatic Fringe! Explore the properties of this ancient fiber and discover its incredible properties first hand. Cost: $160 Materials fee: $35 for all yarn.
In this immersive class you'll experience hemp's diversity by sampling different yarns. Weave six washcloths, each with a different hemp yarn.
Use either a harness loom or a Rigid Heddle Loom. Michele (the instructor) will provide pre-wound warps for harness looms and 8/2 cotton to warp your Rigid Heddle looms, so you also get some great tips and tricks for warping either kind of loom in addition to weaving with hemp! Don't have a loom? No worries. Rigid Heddle and shaft looms are available for rent. Students need a 12 dent reed.
Michele Belson, weaver, stitcher, business owner, teacher, and general Lunatic has been playing with bits of string and cloth for more than half a century. She learned to sew sitting on her Grandmother’s lap, before her feet reached the pedal on the floor. She weaves, sews, knits, knots, dyes, but more importantly, she teaches. From preschool story hour and to a beautiful group at the Long Beach (California) Senior Center, from University Graduate students to 4H Club, through articles in weaving publications and at weaving conferences across the country, Michele loves nothing more than sharing her love of all things fiber. Co-Owner of Lunatic Fringe Yarns, she helps design and use kits and projects to ‘teach’ while her customers aren’t even looking! (Lunatic Fringe Yarns kits are specifically built to build skills in weaving.) Her students have noted her ‘no man left behind’ style. When she isn’t helping steer Lunatic Fringe Yarns, weaving or sewing, she enjoys cooking, spending time with family and friends, yoga and on rare occasion, sleep.
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