Category: Awesome Upcoming Classes
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Hosted a Felting Workshop Today!
I hosted a one on one workshop with a great artistic lady named Elly from Corvallis. She made one very fluffy colorful scarf plus a smaller neck warmer scarf. Here are photos of the large scarf as it is drying on the rack. I taught Elly my method of felting which is much faster than…
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More colorful yarn.
So . . . I made some more colorful yarn. This time I wanted the yarn to be super soft so it is made of fine merino wool, silk, alpaca, rose fiber, and bamboo. Sometimes Alpaca and bamboo and Rose fiber are not super soft but this particular fiber is SUPER soft. Though I haven’t…
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Kids Felting
Last Christmas I helped my grandkids felt scarves for their father and grandfather. They had so much fun they were begging me to let them make scarves for themselves. I told them that I would let each of them make a scarf for themselves as their Christmas present. Well, finally I kept that promise. With a…
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Another wonderful workshop!
Yesterday we had our workshop at Alpacas at Marquam Hill Ranch store and it was SOOOO fun!!! Laura and Jennifer both made felting projects and we had a ladies day of visiting and creating and eating yummy snacks, including some amazing gluten free, dairy free, chocolate chip and peanut butter cookies Jennifer made! Laura chose…
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Put together a Valentines confection at Alpacas at Marquam Hill Ranch yesterday.
I laid out a pretty bouquet scarf as a demonstration at Alpacas at Marquam Hill Ranch today. I was hoping to sell a few scarves but that didn’t happen. I did sell one small scarf though and generated some interest in the felting class we will be holding there next month.
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New flyer for the workshop at the ranch
Jennifer, the owner of the Alpaca Ranch, suggested a flyer with more color; and my daughter Melanie suggested more photos of workshops on the flyer, so I came up with this. I like this flyer better with the white background because the lettering is easier to read. The flyer may not be as “pretty”, but…
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Working with alpaca fleece and I love the results! Workshop coming, see below . . .
The brooches I sell to go with the scarves. Sometimes people buy a brooch first then design a scarf to go with the brooch they choose. I stopped by Alpacas At Marquam Hill Ranch and met the owner, Jennifer. I visited with her about alpacas and whether their fleeces felt or not. She let me…
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Upcoming : Wet felting workshop – you will make, and take home, a beautiful and textured scarf of fine merino wool and silk.
Come learn to felt beautiful, soft, warm scarves with merino wool and silk fibers.
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Felting Workshop Nov. 28 Cancelled
This weekend, and Monday, since I hadn’t had any registrations for this short notice class, I am enjoying my grandchildren here in my home, making christmas presents for family with them.