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| I present an informative demonstration of historic crafts for schools, fairs and instructional workshops. Included in my presentation is spinning on a wheel and with a drop spindle. I show how yarn is created from wool, cotton, flax, silk, dog hair, llama and other spinnable fibers. As a part of my fiber demonstration I can show how yarns are colored by natural means using walnut, onions, cactus, flowers, etc. I can also bring a table loom and show how the yarn is then turned into clothing by weaving. |
| Early American Crafts Demonstrations |
| I live on a small ranch in Agua Dulce, with my husband, sons and a farm full of fiber producing animals. I learned knitting and crocheting as a child, but my trip to Australia twenty years ago began my love of spinning and weaving. I now keep a small herd of wool producing sheep. They are kept company by Cashmere and Angora goats. Even the Old English Sheep dog is spinnable! In my spare time I do basketry, natural dyeing, and study the historic crafts, an important part of our past. I design and sell contemporary raffia hats, home made soaps, pine needle baskets, and other craft items. Experience: 4-H leader for three years in Fiber Arts and Gardening Teacher at Quail Botanical Gardens in Encinitas Teacher at Wildfiber in Santa Monica Teacher at Weavers' Cottage in Canyon Country Teacher at Saugus and L.A. Mission College Extension Memberships: Misti Washington Basket Guild So. California Handweavers' Guild |