**Dairy Barn Members at the Individual Level or higher enjoy a 10% Discount**

For Ages 16+ 

Bring yourself, a potluck dish, and your wool cards if you have them!

Join teaching artist Meta Van Nostran for a hands-on day (10:00 AM- 3:00 PM) of fiber preparation and Appalachian textile traditions!

Participants will explore wool-processing through demonstrations, conversations, and hands-on fiber practices.

10:00–10:20 AM:  Welcome + Introduction Meta Van Nostran and Mary Jeanne Goss

• Appalachian fiber traditions
• Wool, flax, cotton, wartime needs, WPA guilds, and regional making traditions

10:20–11:15 AM: Skirting + Washing Raw Fleece

• Hands-on demonstration and participation: Skirting a fleece
• Washing Cheviot wool
• Discussion of lanolin, fleece quality, and wool preparation

11:15 AM–12:00 PM: Sheep Breeds + Fiber History Discussion

• Fine, medium, and coarse fibers
• Sheep breeds and fiber uses
• Plant and animal fibers through history

12:00–1:00 PM:  Community Potluck Lunch

1:00–1:45 PM: Teasing + Fiber Preparation

• Historical textiles from home-spun fibers
• Spinning wheel overview
• Fiber resources, books, and materials

1:45–2:45 PM: Carding Wool into Rolags

• Hand carders
• Drum carders
• Preparing wool for spinning
• Rolag making

2:45–3:00 PM: Closing Conversation + July 25 Spin In gathering introduction

**Dairy Barn Members at the Individual Level or higher enjoy a 10% Discount**

For Ages 16+

Join Bonnie Proudfoot for this 4-day condensed class exploring the world of stained glass "Eco Mobiles"!  Participants will create at least 3 images from land, sea, or sky, and on the final day, string up the critters, fish, planets, stars, or flowers to create a mobile.

Although it is ideal for participants have some experience cutting glass and soldering, folks new to stained glass are encouraged to register, as designs can be simplified for experience level and refresher lessons will be provided.

All supplies and materials for this class are included with registration.

Bonnie Proudfoot Instructor Bio

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