Last week I was up visiting my parents and sharing Little Turtle with the family. We had a couple of days that were like the fall of my childhood: cool mornings warming up to afternoons just this side of too warm. Days where you want your sweater in the morning and shorts in the afternoon. It was perfect – getting me in the mood for Fall and one of my favorite fall activities: Fiber Festivals!
This weekend I’ll be at the Shenandoah Valley Fiber Festival. I’ll be teaching two classes: Helix Knitting and Duct Tape Dress Forms. Registration is open until the day of. I love teaching at SVFF. It’s an intimate venue run by a great group of volunteers, and I have such a good time. Catch me on Friday or lunchtime on Saturday. And keep an eye out – Mr. Turtle and Little Turtle will be wandering the event while I teach!
Yarn Properties: the Low-Down on Plies, Twist, and Fiber
The following weekend I’ll be teaching at Fall Fiber Festival & Montpelier Sheep Dog Trials at James Madison’s Montpelier. Last year I couldn’t teach at the venue because I was attending a wedding, but this year I’ll be back, teaching Yarns 101. This is the perfect class to pair with a Fiber Festival – it covers what yarns are best for which projects, how fiber, ply and weight affect your final projects. If yarn substitutions ever stumped you, this is a class to give you good foundational knowledge. Signups close on Friday, so check out the classes!
Later this Fall I’ll be returning to one of my favorite venues, Fibre Space. If you aren’t able to get to the fiber festivals, I’d love to have you join me in Old Town Alexandria! Check out the classes I’ll be teaching on October 15th: Intarsia Crash Course, Finishing Essentials and Darn Those Knits!
