Annual Snake River Fiber Fair
Snake River Fiber Fair planned
By: Jenny Wixom
Description: Many classes will be available at the event
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Posted by Jen1180 Tue Apr 15, 2008 17:45:16 MDT
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Time: 9:00am
Price: Free to attend, varies for classes
Contact: Pat Day Hartwell | 522-1337
Location: 1600 S. 25th E. , Idaho Falls, ID 83404
The Fourteenth Annual Snake River Fiber Fair is scheduled for May 16, 17 and 18 at the Eastern Idaho Technical College in Idaho Falls. Shannon Oakey, the 'knit grrl' from Cleveland, Ohio, radio talk show host and author of 10 fiber art books will be teaching felting as described in her book "Felt Frenzy," which includes knit felt, needle and numo felting. Fourteen instructors will be teaching a total of thirty classes during the event. The Fiber Fair is free and open to the public for shopping and watching fiber artists work on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. There is a charge for classes with most classes being open to beginners.
Shannon Oakey will be teaching the spinning of bwamboo, corn, milk (latte), soy and other alternative fibers. She will also be teaching a class from her book “Spin to Knit.” She brings a fresh, different way to work with fiber arts.
Weavers will have three full days of classes to chose from. On Friday, May 16, Judy Overbeek of Kalispell, Mt. will teach “Twill Queen of Weaves,” on Saturday she will teach open architecture weaving. On Sunday, Deanna Baugh of Salt Lake City will teach “Lumps and Bumps in Weaving, Deflected Doubleweave.” Looms for the classes are available.
Judy Overbeek will be teaching “Eye Candy Yarns” all day on Sunday. This is a specialty novelty yarn class that is fun and unique. She will teach spinners how to make expensive designer yarns. Jill Dahle of Herriman, UT will teach beginning spinning on a wheel. Spinning wheels are available as well.
Drop spindle spinning classes will be conducted by Elizabeth Dailey who, with her husband, makes spindles under the name “Greensleeves Spindles” in Provo. In addition to a beginner’s class, Elizabeth is teaching a more advanced class, “Making a Sock Yarn.” A spindle will be included in the class materials in the beginning class.
Laurel Orthmeyer of Helena, MT will be teaching how to make a needle felt doll and wet felting a rose purse for those who want a more in-depth class. Laurel has been teaching at the Snake River Fiber Fair since the first fair and is very skilled. Needle felting is a dry felting process using the needles used in commercial felting to create fabrics, pictures, hats and other objects.
Two styles of rug hooking will be taught. A fast version of traditional hooking will be taught by Better Kay Taylor of Blackfoot. This type of rug hooking is worked from the front and often uses strips of wool fabric. It produces incredible pictures. Phyllis Bulgin of Nampa will teach two classes of needle punch rug hooking each with a different size needle. This style of rug hooking is done from the back and uses yarn. It works very well with handspun yarn.
Two of the instructors are from Idaho Falls. Peggy Jessmore will be teaching bead knotting and beaded pearl bracelets. She and her husband own the businesses “Geo-Beads.” Elise Wilding, also of Idaho Falls, will teach silk painting in an all day class on Saturday. This dyeing gives beautiful instant results. A chemical resist is used to manipulate placement of color on silk. Elise’s paintings are sought for art exhibits in Idaho, Utah and Wyoming.
Victoria Simpson of Wyoming will be teaching Long-stich book with Crystals Saturday morning and fiber papermakng Saturday afternoon. Victoria is also a BYU-Idaho teacher, Linda Shelhammer, an attorney from Billings, Mt. will be teaching kumihimo braiding, spinning for striped yarn and faux hard knitting. Joan Goldstein from Bigforks, Mt. will teach slip stitch knitting, knitting with unspun fibers and fiber blending on a drum carder. Joan is well known to Northwest knitters for her slip stitch style and for her patterns. Connie Denton of Salt Lake City will be teaching both Snake River Market Basket and Altered Antler basket classes. The baskets will be completed in class.
The Snake River Fiber Fair is a major regional event for fiber artists and it offers the most classes and is the first one to be held in the region each year. Nearly 30 vendors from throughout the Northwest are bringing their wares for shopping. More information and the registration form are available at the guild website at www.srfiberarts.org. Some restrictions apply to the rental of wheels and looms. Fore more information, contact Sheryl Siberman at 522-7919.
This is the 30th year of operation of the Weaving, Spinning and Fiber Art Guild of Idaho Falls, Inc. Members meet weekly at 7 p.m. and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the third Monday at the studio at 482 Constitution B-14, Idaho Falls.
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