Description

Join us on a mythic journey as we explore fiber arts through the lens of connection to northern European ancestors. Together, we will explore this ancient path of fiber and reweave the cloth of sacred relationships with the plants and animals that give us fiber, tools, color, and myth.

This workshop unfolds as eight living stories, woven together in a single tapestry. You may step into the entire cloth, or choose the threads that speak to your hands and heart. Learn more about each class below.

1. Earth and Fiber (Fiber Washing & Processing)
   Date: April 11th
   Description: This is the first step of the journey on the Mythic Fiber Trail. Here, we begin with our first handful of fiber, sticky with lanolin and soil, filled with seeds and possibilities. Standing at the river’s edge, we meet the four elements—Earth, Air, Water, and Fire—the allies we need to transform raw material into clean, combed, and carded wool ready for spinning and felting.
2. The Felted Vessel (Wet Felting)
   Date: May 16th
   Description: Our journey continues along the river, with prepared fiber in our baskets. Now we need a vessel—a bowl or hollow filled with stories, a place to hold our tools. Using only the river and washing stone, we transform soft, clean wool into a sturdy felted vessel with water, pressure, and the stories we carry.
3. The Colors of Plants (Natural Dying)
   Date: July 11th
   Description: With vessel and basket in hand, we continue along the river to a meadow of wildflowers. Here we meet the plant teachers who give us the gift of color. Using cauldron, stick, and fire, we explore the alchemy of plants to create a rainbow of colored wool.
4. Spinning the Spindle (Drop Spindling)
   Date: August 8th
   Description: The trail now leads away from the river toward the Circle of Grandmothers. Pulling the spindle from our belt and wool from our pouch, we begin the rhythmic steps of spindle spinning: knot, twist, draft, over one, under two… down the path we go to the Circle of Grandmothers.
5. Spinning the Wheel (Spinning Wheel)
   Date: September 12th
   Description: We arrive at the Circle of Grandmothers…12 ancient teachers and the spinning wheels they ride. Here, your feet learn to treadle and your hands to fly as you transform clouds of wool into strands of yarn.
6. Setting the Twist (Plying & Finishing Yarn)
   Date: October 24th
   Description: With a bobbin in each hand, the process continues as we ply two into one, set the twist with help from the river and washing stone, and work the skeining circle with Knitty Knotty as our guide. Past, present, and future come together as we spin, measure, and cut the fate of the yarn.
7. The Medicine Bag (Crochet)
   Date: November 14th
   Description: We gather around the hearth with our basket of yarn at our feet. Here, we bind our blessings and prayers into a medicine bag. The tying of knots and the speaking of blessings become the rhythm of our work, creating form from chaos.
8. Weaving with the Woods (Tapestry Weaving)
   Date: December 12th
   Description: This is the final step of our journey, stepping into the Weaver’s Hall. Here, we meet the loom, guided by the grandmothers, animals, and plants who have been our teachers. We create a tapestry of earth, sea, and sky, meeting the Creatrix and the Psychopomp—the ancient ones whose hands reach through the veil of warp and weft, standing at the beginning and the end.

When: Classes are from 10:00 to 3:00 on Saturdays. Please arrive ten minutes early so we can begin on time.

What to bring: Wear comfortable clothing. Bring a notebook and a sack lunch as we will have lunch together.

Pricing Breakdown:

• Individual Classes: $85 each
• All 8 Classes (includes 15% discount): $578