6-part class hosted by Minnesota Weaver's Guild via Zoom. Dive into the amazing world of tapestry weaving, exploring both geometric and pictorial techniques with Laura. Explore geometric and pictorial techniques. Beginner friendly.
Explore the beauty and process of punch needle rug hooking with the Oxford fine point punch needle (the “Mini” #14), which uses wool yarn in worsted to light Aran weight to create a delightful daffodil motif. For this technique, we stretch a monk’s cloth backing over a frame, then use...
Ready for a fine point Oxford punch needle rug hooking project this winter? Jump in with this friendly pileated woodpecker on a tree. We'll use beautiful wool yarns from the instructor's sheep (or choose the bring-your-own-yarn option) to explore bringing this image to life, using Oxford #13 and #14 punches.
Create a sweet felted chickadee inspired by Minnesota’s Northwoods in this afternoon-long class. Led by instructor Laura Berlage, students will follow step-by-step instructions to transform hand-dyed wool from the instructor’s own sheep into a felted chickadee that will fit in the palm of your hand. Needle felting is fun, easy,...
Love working with Laura's designs (or other designs by your favorite artists) yet feeling the urge to create your own? Have ideas but not certain where to start? In this course, which is the first segment of a 5-part series, it's time to begin your designing adventures! Laura’s approach to...
Ever frustrated your outfit doesn’t have pockets? Or pockets big enough for your phone? This class takes inspiration from the tradition of tie-on pockets, in vogue from the 1600’s through the 1800’s. Redwork is a beautiful, historical tradition that uses a limited number of stitches to create beautiful, understated designs....
Road Test Class! Explore applying frestye redwork embroidery techniques to create a cell-phone-sized version of a tie-on pocket, popular in the 1600's to the mid 1900's! Students can choose between white or black background fabric. PLEASE SPECIFY YOUR COLOR CHOICE IN CHECKOUT. Kit includes red bias tape for asembly.
Road Test Class! Explore applying frestye redwork embroidery techniques to create a cell-phone-sized version of a tie-on pocket, popular in the 1600's to the mid 1900's! Students can choose between white or black background fabric. PLEASE SPECIFY YOUR COLOR CHOICE IN CHECKOUT. Kit includes red bias tape for asembly.
Road Test Class! This is a multi-media project, where the fox and butterfly will be needle felted, then appliqued onto the piece, with punch needle landscape around it. Design finished piece will be 17x15 inches. An excellent companion to Loon Lake, but this will be a summer theme.
Interested in exploring an early Navajo weaving technique for making angles, known as wedge weave? This series of live Zoom classes is an invitation to master the technique and play with color, design, and shaping. Warps will bend! Sides will be wiggly! It will feel terribly illegal to weave this...
We will bring your order out to you at our curbside pickup counter in front of Farmstead Creamery Wednesday through Saturday, 10am-6pm. Just let us know in your order notes what day and when you would like to pickup your order and we will “See you down on the farm !”
