Great news! My friend Susan Dilger Susan Dilger is in Los Angeles to do a trunk show on Saturday, November 10 from 12pm- 5pm at Bloomingdales Century City , Los Angeles, CA.
Susan and I met in Los Angeles several years ago and she has since moved to Taos, NM where she is doing fantastic hand molded silver jewelry. She has great eye and style. You must see!
JP
The Los Angeles has a wonderful new place for fiber interaction… The Urban Craft Center (www.theurbancraftcenter.com) and I am really looking forward to be teaching there in November and December.
The Urban Craft Center is in the artist loft area Santa Monica. CA. The space is a large, airy studio space filled with natural light from skylights. You will think you are in the studio of an Impressionist painter in Paris. It is stocked with tools, tables and a library of craft books, everything you need to get your creative juices flowing.
This is just what the LA craft world needed… a place to work and share.
My classes:
Saturday November 17th 10 – 4pm
SPINNING A-Z
Everything you need to know spin.
- Fiber primer- The spectrum of fibers we spin and where to find them.
- All the basics- All about spinning wheels, spindles and which tools do you really need?
- How to spin with a spindle.
- Carding and fiber preparation.
- Plying, skeining and finishing.
- Basic yarn design with color and texture.
Sunday December 16th 10- 4pm
HAND PAINTING YARNS AND BASIC DYEING WITH ACID DYES
Acid Dyes are essential to fiber artists. They are used to dye wool, silk and other protein fibers. We value them for their ease of use, vibrant color and safety. Learn the basics
We will start by learning near foolproof methods for creating great color combinations. Then into the dyepots to dye skeins in three different ways for three very different results.
On Saturday, April 28 I taught "Spin a Bulky Yarn" at the Greater Los Angeles Spinning Guild (GLASG).
Chamelon Colorworks supplied the fiber and Janel Laidman, the dye mistress and owner, sent fantastic colors!
First to the drumcarder to fluff up the roving and do simple color 
blendings. Then gather together as a group to talk about strategies to bulk up yarns... and start spinning!
The group was incredibly talented and their work was awesome! Thanks to all for attending. Check out the photo gallery for more pics.
I am so excited, I will be teaching three great classes at the Wool Festival at Taos! "Lumps, Bumps and Squiggles", a two day class, and "Bulky Singles" and "Garbage Yarns", both half day classes. The Event is October 6 and 7. Check out the link for all the great things to do and my class schedule. http://www.taoswoolfestival.org/
Check it Out! A great evening at A Mano, and Your LA was there to film it.... catch me on TV!
pologies, my demo is March 1, 2007 at 6:30.... see you there!
Hey y'all! I will be doing a spinning demo at Stitch Cafe , Thursday March 8, 6:30-9pm. Hope to see you there!!
Hedgehog yarns are magic! With a couple of the twists of the wrist you create a yarn that knits or crochets into a fantastic 3 dimensional yarn, reminicient of spikey hedgehogs, twigs or dredlocks. Lots of fun to use for a little fantasy critter, or a hat, mittens, or how about for a pair of socks??
Mohair Boucle is Royalty in the Novelty Yarn world, and it is surprisingly easy to make. Learn the technique for spinning these showy yarns. In addition we will discuss how to choose the right mohair for boucle; washing and preparing it for spinning and dyeing and the basics for choosing perfect color combinations for dramatic effect.
No need to haul out the drumcarder, students in this class students will use their hand cards to prepare wool rolags that spin yarns reminiscent of hand-painted Japanese yarns.
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