LAMBTOWN WORKSHOPS

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Click here for a matrix of classes and lectures located in the Madden Hall Dining Room

DYEING WORKSHOP

INDIGO!: with Linda Hartshorn,
Sunday, July 20 - 9:00 am to Noon - Royal Fibers Ranch, 9341 Currey Road, Dixon,
This workshop requires advanced registration to be guaranteed a seat in the workshop. Workshop fee: $45.

The secrets of the blue dye plant indigofera tinctoria are explored in this workshop. Indigo dyeing is done by a unique process, different from other natural dyes. Prepare the indigo vat and dye skeins of yarn and shibori-tied scarves. As the fibers emerge from the vat, watch the color turn from yellow-green to blue right before your eyes! Participants will take home a skein of yarn and a scarf.

Instructor supplies all dyes, latex gloves, mordants, dye recipes, scouring and mordant instructions for future dye sessions, resource list, and other useful handouts.

Participants should bring an apron, and their own gloves if they are allergic to latex. They may bring their own well-washed wool yarn to use after dye samples have been colored. No fleece, roving or other unspun materials, please.

DYEING PROTEIN FIBERS WITH NATURAL DYES with Linda Hartshorn
Saturday, July 20, 2008 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
This workshop requires advanced registration to be guaranteed a seat in the workshop. Class size limited to 10 students. Workshop fee: $45.

In this hands-on class we will dye wool yarns three different colors: magenta-red with cochineal, orange with madder root and yellow with onion skins. We will first prepare a mordant bath with alum. After mordanting we will prepare the various dyebaths and dye the yarns. Participants will take home the skeins of yarn to use in knitting or weaving projects.

Participants may want to bring an apron or wear old clothes. Instructor will provide yarn, gloves, and dyes.

KNITTING WORKSHOP

THE BASICS OF SOCK KNITTING with Colleen Simon of Fiber Confections
This workshop requires advanced registration. Registration fee: $45
Registration begins on April 2, 2008.
Sunday, July 20, 2008 - 9:00 am - 1:00 pm - Royal Fibers Ranch, 9341 Currey Road, Dixon.

Learn to knit a miniature sock using the same techniques as a full size one. You will learn to use double pointed needles, make short rows, increase and decrease stitches and knit in the round. At the end of the class you will have a mini sock, but better yet, all the skills needed to make your own full size socks.

Participants should know how to knit and purl. Instructor will provide yarn, needles and handouts.

SPIRAL KNITTING WITH COLOR with Shane Faerber of Sheep City, USA
Sunday, July 20 - 9:00 a.m. - Royal Fibers Ranch, 9341 Currey Road, Dixon. Workshop is limited to 25 participants. Class fee: $50

The perfect way to use up all of your leftover balls of yarn and make something incredible! Use different colors, textures, shapes, positive and negative spaces to achieve a beautiful and unique garment, scarf, bag, you name it. If you can think of it-you can make it. This technique is valuable for all knitters, whether beginners, intermidiates, or advanced. Anyone who knows how to cast on and bind off can do this technique.

SPINNING

SPINNING IN COLOR with Robin Lynde, of MERIDIAN JACOBS
Sunday, July 20, 2008. 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Royal Fibers Ranch, 9341 Currey Road, Dixon.
This workshop requires a fee and advanced registration. Class size limited to 15 students. Registration Fee: $45

What do I do with handpainted sliver (roving)? How do I spin dyed fiber (or multi-natural-colored fiber) to highlight the color variety? You will learn a variety of techniques, including Navajo 3-ply and Andean 2-ply to address these questions.

Participants should know how to spin and bring their own spinning wheels. Fiber will be provided, but participants may also want to bring fiber they’d like to discuss.

SPINNING BOUCLE YARNS with Janet Finch, of Aunt Janet's Fiber Mill
Sunday, July 20, 2008, 9 a.m. - 12:50 .m. This workshop requires a fee and advanced registration. Class size limited to 8 students. Class Fee: $45

SHEPHERDING

CARING AND HANDLING OF FIBER ANIMALS with Janet Heppler, of Nebo-Rock Textiles
This workshop requires advanced registration. Registration fee: $45
Registration begins on April 2, 2008.

Sunday, July 20, 2008 - 9:00 am - 3:00 pm - Royal Fibers Ranch, 9341 Currey Road, Dixon.

In this Hands-On workshop, you will learn how to feed, handle and care for sheep, Angora goats and Angora rabbits. You will actually be handling live animals! You will learn:
· Feeding and care
. Proper housing and fencing
. Necessary tools and implements for animal care
· Restraining animals for grooming, shearing, clipping, dosing medication, etc.
· How to shear,clip or pluck
· How to skirt and separate fleeces
· How to prepare and store your fleeces for spinning, sending to the mill,or showing

Handouts will be provided.
(Please wear shoes, long pants and bring a long sleeved shirt)

WEAVING CLASSES/WORKSHOP

SIMPLE SCARVES ON THE KNITTER'S LOOM with Robin Lynde, of MERIDIAN JACOBS
Sunday, July 20, 2008, 1 p.m. - 4 P.m. - Royal Fibers Ranch, 9341 Currey Road, Dixon.
This workshop requires a fee and advanced registration. Class size limited to 8 students. Registration Fee: $50 (If you purchase loom from the instructor, $30 of class fee will be deducted from the loom price.)

Weave a scarf on the Ashford Knitter's Loom. This is a great project for the person who wants to learn about weaving as well as a fun one for experienced weavers. The loom is simple to warp and your whole project can be completed in just a few hours. You will learn how easy it is to use a variety of yarns in the warp. Once you make one scarf you'll want to try more! You'll also find that this is a great project to do on-the-go. Bring a variety of yarns or purchase yarn from instructor.

======================================================================================= For a map to Royal Fibers Ranch, click here:   Royal Fibers
Click on the link below for driving directions to Royal Fibers Ranch. The 2008 Lambtown, USA festival will be held at the Dixon May Fair, in the heart of Solano County California, but Sunday workshops will be held at the ranch at 9341 Currey Road, Dixon, CA 95620.

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Print and mail this agreement page to: Lambtown Festival, c/o Dana Foss, Fiber Committee Chair, 350 West A St., Dixon Ca 95620. Please remember to include your class fees, check made out to: "Dixon Lambtown Festival", and also a "SASE" with $.51 postage.