Wet Felted Holiday Stocking

Okay, yours won’t have reindeer in it, but it could have reindeer on it. Or penguins. Or Santa. Or shooting stars and Christmas balls and tinsel and Christmas trees and all sort of wonderful Christmasy stuff!

We’ll hold the class in October, so you can make more for your family once you learn how! But warning, we’ll be playing Christmas music and eating Christmas cookies while you felt!

Where: The Thistle Patch Studio
When: October 13, 9am to 4pm
Cost: $65 includes all materials,
(and Christmas cookies, too!)

Come join us! Call Sandoval at 503.598.0122 or email me at: smcnair@standard.com,
or contact Diane at 503.992.8690, or email her at dimckinnon@aol.com

The Thistle Patch Studio
is pleased to present
Demetrio Bautista Lazo

Dyeing With A Mexican Master:
A Natural Dye Workshop Using Mexican Dyes
September 10, 11, and 12, 2007


Demetrio Bautista Lazo is considered by Mexican and international weavers to be one of the best rug weavers of his generation. Demetrio typically dyes his wool with dyes from native or locally grown plants plus cochineal, a small insect that grows only on Prickly Pear Cactus. Through experimentation, he has learned to combine dyes and use a variety of acid and base modifiers to achieve a rich and varied natural palette of over 300 colors.

$330.00 all materials included

To register for this incredible class, contact
Diane McKinnon at The Thistle Patch Studio
503.992.8690
dimckinnon@aol.com

Felted Boot Workshop

Tuesday & Wednesday
June 5 & 6, 2007
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
$150.00
All materials included
Gin DeCamp, Instructor

Learn to make felted boots or slippers in two fun days. In this class you will make a personal boot pattern, lay out, and wet felt your own custom designed and fitted mid-calf boots/slippers.
Instructor Gin DeCamp, winner of the 2005 Black Sheep Spinner’s Lead prize, and 2004 Grand Champion Felter at OFFF, has been felting for 8 years and teaching for the last six. She has made and worn this type of boot for cold weather camping and curing cold feet anytime. Far warmer, lighter, and more comfortable than other cold weather boots, they have been used in northern climes for centuries. They can be embellished in many ways, including needle felting.
Class is limited to six students. $25.00 nonrefundable deposit upon registration.
Cost includes materials, use of tools, instruction. Bring a sack lunch. Drinks and tasty snacks will be provided.
Please make checks out to Gin DeCamp and send to her at
3341 Lavina Drive, Forest Grove, OR 97116.
Questions? Call Gin at 503.640.6287

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A Scarf To Dye For

Saturday, June 9, 2007
9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
$75.00
All materials included
Gin DeCamp,
Felting Instructor
Diane McKinnon,
Dyeing Instructor


This exciting class combines two fun skills: Wet Felting and Hand Dyeing. First, you will learn how to wet felt a natural colored cobweb scarf. Next, you will learn how to use a variety of techniques to hand dye your scarf, creating a unique and beautiful accessory for you or a very good friend.

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Learn to Spin

Three openings left!

Sundays, June 10 & 17, 2007
12:00 PM – 4:00 PM both days
$75.00
All materials included.
Diane McKinnon, Instructor

Student should bring a working spinning wheel or arrange for a rental wheel prior to class.

This is a basic class that will get you off to a solid start in the craft of hand spinning. The class will cover:
· Spinning terminology
· Parts and functions of a spinning wheel
· Wheel maintenance: oiling, cleaning
· Fiber selection: Raw Fleece versus Prepared fibers
· Raw Fiber preparation:
o washing
o combing
o carding
· Spinning single ply yarn
o Woolen style
o Worsted style
· Plying 2 & 3 strands
· How to wash and set finished yarns

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Felted Vessel Class

Saturday, July, 14, 2007
9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
$85.00
All materials included.
Bring a lunch.
Sandoval McNair
Felting Instructor

In this class we’ll battle the very law of gravity and pack handpainted wool around a blown up rubber ball to create a felted vessel. Once we’ve won against gravity, we’ll take a pair of panty hose and . . . well, you’ll just have to sign up for the class to see what’s next. Your vessel can be art in its own right, a vase for some lovely dried flowers or it can be the form for a creature out of your own imagination.


Additional Classes Currently Being Scheduled:
· Beginning Weaving
· Weave a Project of Your Choice
· Wet Felted Hat

· Rigid Heddle Weaving