Join me at a Free Meeting/Fiber and Artists
(Next meeting: Wed., 1.11.12, 1PM - 3PM)
Plymouth, MA more info

Artists|Makers|Desperadoes
Plymouth, MA
To be determined...
Free/More info

2012 classes I'm teaching:
(For private spinning classes, lessons, and to request that
I bring these workshops to your location, see the
classes page and/or email me (linda@stoneleafmoon.com)

All of my classes have independent study options - just ask!

Learn to Spin on Spindles : An Introduction
Using spindles, learn to spin your own yarn from wool or a wool alternative.
Spinning, a relaxing and playful activity, allows you to create your own yarns
for knitting, crocheting, weaving and more.
Give spindles a try (or another try if you've had a frustrating learning experience!)
This will be a rich, in - depth workshop in a relaxed, playful environment, and
you'll leave with lots of inspiration to continue practicing and learning on your own.

Taught regularly at my studio in groups as well as privately.

Get 4 or more people together and to arrange a class at your location~



Other class descriptions - email me to schedule...

Spinning Silk On Spindles, 4 hours
You love silk, its exquisite shine and flow. Let's take a few hours to revel in
spinning it, and experience the ease of doing so. If you have "fear of silk",
come and see that this is a myth, perhaps started by someone who wanted
to keep all the silk for him/her self! You can spin silk to make a soft garment,
use for weaving, lace work or embroidery floss, among other things.

Spindles will allow you to take your silk spinning anywhere. We'll work
on a variety of lightweight spindles in class from my collection, and you
may also bring your own under 1 oz. spindle. I will provide an enticing
variety of silk for you to play with.

Open to beginning and advanced spinners.
Get 4 or more people together to arrange a class at your location~

Crazy Quilts, Taught in two 4 hour sessions

For ages, people have combined leftover fabrics into crazy quilts,
making beautiful assemblages embellished with embroidery. In this
workshop, you will complete either a ten-inch square that you can
incorporate into a larger quilt at home or a small child-size quilt.
Open to beginners and advanced~

Get 4 or more people together to arrange a class at your location~

Stitch + Surface Class
3.5 hr class

In our time together, we'll touch on the sacred beginnings of embroidery.
We'll use needle and thread in inventive and personal ways to change a
surface, to make it speak.

Our experiments may become books, quilts, clothes, poems.

If you'd like to bring a shirt, T shirt, hoodie or length of fabric to work
on, that'd be great. Otherwise, Linda will bring surface/fabric.
$3 materials fee + class fee


The Textility of Various Environs/Nature as Inspiration for Fiber Arts
(The following was the description for Fiber College in Maine...it
will change, depending on where the class is taught.)

Let's listen to the trees, stones and explore the deep textures of the
natural elements that make up the grounds of Fiber College to receive
inspiration for our art and projects. (whew - long sentence!) Maybe
we'll make nests, draw our visions, create a wild hat or do some
freeform knitting and crochet.

We'll plan to do some tromping around near the water and whatever else
draws our attention. Then we'll see what our conversation with nature
gives us as we work a bit with our usual materials or try something new.

Whatever we learn can be taken back to our life in an invisible pocket
and we can draw upon it for inspiration all year long. My past visits to
Fiber College have made me realize that setting aside a time for a
conscious engagement with the environment, and thinking about how
it related to my work was time well spent.

You'll leave with a sense of how to work with what nature offers and
how to transform it into projects in unique ways.
Bring a sketchbook/notebook and drawing tool, whether you think you
can draw or not, and perhaps some of your usual fiber arts tools
to use in class. If you'd like to bring a camera, that's fine too.

Appropriate for you, no matter whether you knit, crochet, spin,
weave, quilt, embroider, create art or just enjoy life!

This was taught at Fiber College, Maine, Fall 2010
Can be taught in a 3 -4 hour class as well as weekend/week long format.
Email me to bring it to your location!

Learn to Spin Experimental Yarns on Spindles /4 hour class
Learn to spin funky, artful yarns on a spindle. Start with spindle basics,
then explore different fibers and how they can be used to create offbeat yarns.
If you have tried spindles before, try them again in a playful environment
with an artist who has created yarns of every imaginable type.
Open to beginning and advanced spinners.

Get 4 or more people together to arrange a class at your location~

I teach spinning (on wheels and spindles) privately and in groups at
various locations, including Fiber College, spaces in Boston, MA
and in my studio in Plymouth, MA.
Please email me for details and to schedule workshops. I am based
in Boston, MA (USA), and can travel anywhere.
Some possible workshop topics include:

Out There Spinning Workshop/(Levels 1, 2, + 3)
Spinning on Spindles (Basics)
Spinning on Spindles (Beyond the Basics/Further Practice)
Spinning on Spindles (Basics + Experimental Yarns)
Spinning Silk on Spindles
Hand Jive - All About the Hand - for Spindle Spinners
!3 Ways of Looking at a Yarn

Coils and Other Curiosities
BadAss Boucle, Witchy Gardens + Other Yarn Oddities
Make Your Own String/Spinning for Artists
Spinners Raid a Yarn Shop
A Walk on the Wild Side ("walk" is for traditional spinners
who want to experiment and play with different elements
and techniques for a bit)
Fiber Whispers/A Talk on Fiber for Spinners
Deep Into the Unknown (from which we may never return)
Wild at Heart/No Rules, No Fear

Crazy Quilts + Embroidery
Beginning Embroidery
Embroidery: Sacred History and Modern Innovation
or other workshops. [lindaATstoneleafmoonDOTcom]

(I do not teach beginning wheel spinning.)


Participants in an Out There Spinning Workshop!