around the world with yarn

The year turns as the ball drops, and the old becomes the new. We welcome 2007, and as we hang our new calendars displaying pictures of yarn, sheep, alpacas or spinning wheels, we must also be reminded of the new slew of courses at Springwater!

Winter term brings an international flavor Springwater, with classes by visiting artists from all over the globe. Chapuchi Ahiagble will be demonstrating and lecturing on kente strip weaving, which is associated worldwide with his native Ghana. Deb McLintock will be lecturing on her recent trip through the fiber workshops of Thailand and Cambodia. In another workshop, she will focus on the female fiber artisans and the techniques they have developed in making this unique form of textiles. Beth Brown Reinsel’s workshop will look at how Estonian knitting has integrated and changed along with the culture of this rapidly modernizing Baltic country. In Sweedish Twined Knitting, Beth will show us how the Sweedes use two strands to created particularly warm socks.

Returning for another year, Alexander Gallardo Pinco will be with us for another weekend, demonstrating and teaching his craft of Preuvian weaving. In a series of lectures and workshops, he will be illuminating the process of natural dying and backstrap weaving that creates textiles of incredible beauty and variety.

So no matter whether you’re looking to weave, dye or knit, we have your armchair textile travels covered. But remember! Classes fill up, so if anything looks good, sign up now.