**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+

This workshop will cover a variety of tapestry techniques - including warping a frame loom, color change, basic composition, eccentric weft, fringe, ghiordes knots, soumak, and professional finishing. Students will have the opportunity to choose a weaving kit that includes a basic frame loom, yarn, tapestry needle and comb.

Students are welcome to bring additional yarn and/or materials to be incorporated in their tapestry, although enough yarn will be provided.  Printed instructions will be given to each student along with access to videos for supplemental instruction to complete weaving. Each tapestry will be unique, using texture, color, and composition. All projects completed will be one-of-a-kind!

Students Should Bring: Scissors, notebook, & pen/pencil 

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

For Ages 16+

In this full-day workshop, participants will learn how to thread and weave on a basic frame loom to create a color-and-weave cloth. This technique uses contrasting colors to produce dynamic pattern effects through simple weave structures. Additional techniques will include using a pick-up stick, a string heddle, and the option of twining. 

During the workshop, each participant will complete one woven piece (14" x 16"). The finished cloth can be used as a placemat or as one side of a tote bag. If making a tote, a second matching panel can be woven after the workshop.

Materials provided by Heather: Frame loom 15" x 18", beater, tapestry comb, 2 shuttles, 16"dowel rod, use of a pick up stick, and printed weaving drafts. 

Materials required of students:

Students should purchase two tubes of 100% cotton yarn (16/8). Please select two colors with strong contrast (for example: black and white, or light pink and hunter green) to achieve a clear pattern definition.

A link to the required yarn is provided below.

https://loftyfiber.com/products/brassard-16-8-cotton-1-lb-cones-mop