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Dye Your Own Hand-Painted Yarn: Have you ever wanted to learn how to dye your own yarn? This is the class for you! We will cover the basics of yarn dyeing using permanent, colorfast dyes to create variegated and self-striping yarns. The first class will be spent learning how to prepare your yarn (wool or superwash wool) and dyes (we will be using acid dyes); the second class will be spent dyeing your yarn. You will walk away from this class Y with two skeins of beautifully hand-painted yarn.

Instructor: Jamie Dixon Fee: $60 + tax

Mat. Fee $5 + tax

Saturday March 8^th 11-1pm and March 15^th 11-2pm

Beginning Silk Painting: Sign up now for what you’ve always wanted to do – learn to draw and paint on lustrous silk fabric. Practice color mixing with French dyes, develop your own motifs applying design principals and own a wall hanging or scarf of your own creation. This class just might change your life as it did mine.

Instructor: Suzanne Visor Fee: $75 + tax

Saturday May 24^th 1-5 pm

Supplies: Students should bring to first class, a few sketches that can be placed on an oblong piece of silk. (They don’t have to be artist quality – just be you). If you plan for a scarf, take into consideration how the design will look draped on the body. A design for a wall hanging can be vertical or horizontal. Bring some color samples of your own design or clipped from magazines and be ready to share with the group. Please wear appropriate clothing for wet-work and dyes.

Instructor will provide: silk, paints and a collection of art books for reference.