Workshops List
Sheep to Shawl
November 18 - 20, 2010
This whirlwind class gives you a start at many different fiber arts.
On day one you’ll get to visit with various fiber critters, learn about different types of fleeces and processing. Then you’ll learn how to prepare fiber for spinning. Starting with the drop spindle, you’ll learn how to spin your own yarn. Students who have a knack for spinning will be able to try their hand at several different types of spinning wheels.
On the second day, you’ll learn about fiber dyeing, using natural dyes, acid dyes, rit and the unusual dyestuff – Kool-Aid. You’ll finish spinning your skeins of yarn and dye both fiber and yarn. By the end of the second day, you’ll have enough yarn ready to begin to weave.
Day three will be spent learning basic weaving techniques with your handspun yarn on a triangle loom. Create purses, scarves and more with this warp-free weaving method.
Sheep to Shawl - you’ll come away with the skills and knowledge to go from fiber to finished goods.
Class Fee $210.00 (does not include meals/lodging)– a non-refundable registration fee of $45 is due at the time of registration. The remainder of the class fee ($165.00) includes materials and is payable to the instructor at the beginning of class. Shawn accepts cash, check or credit card.
Tools and additional fiber – looms, spindles, spinning wheels, cards and will be available to use during class and will be available to purchase at the Ozark Folk Center.
Minimum 1/Maximum 5
Instructor: Shawn Hoefer
Shawn Hoefer has been earning his keep with his hands and his wits for more than 11 years. He has worked as a spinner and weaver and dyer, a woodturner, woodworker and woodcarver, and dabbled in soap making.
He's also an accomplished story teller.
That was before he came to the Ozark Folk Center three years ago.
Since his arrival at the Ozark Folk Center, he's demonstrated and taught spinning, weaving, dying, and woodturning. He's also been known to show up during story-telling as Obadiah T. Fassbinder, the traveling medicine show salesman.
Now, though, he calls the broom shop his home. From there, he makes and sells more than 20 styles of brooms ranging from the simple whisk to the fanciful forked wedding broom. In addition to the demonstration and story-telling, Shawn has taught many the secrets of this venerable and almost forgotten craft.