by Venessa | Jul 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
Summer delights abound at the Working Hands Fibre Arts Studio! Some predictable and some not so much. . . Students are participating in classes each week day. We are celebrating many firsts. Beginner knitting students complete their first projects on Tuesdays and...
by Venessa | Jun 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
The Working Hands Fibre Arts Studio presents high fibre programming for July 2012. Spinning and Knitting workshops are being offered for students working at beginner and intermediate levels. You will find Learn to Knit, Spinning for Beginner and New Spinners, Top Down...
by Venessa | May 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
It is May, and here at the studio of working hands, the gardens are being tended, inside and out. The Peerie Flooers hat, one of our Fair Isle on a Small Scale class projects, is blooming in our hands. This week’s class focused on shaping the crown. This is done...
by Venessa | Apr 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
It’s Easter weekend and students gathered in the Working Hands Studio space to begin our Spring program, Fair Isle on a Small Scale. It was a busy 5 hours while we cast on for the hat and began the multi-coloured corrugated rib. Learning the stranded colour work...
by Venessa | Mar 25, 2012 | Uncategorized
Recently I joined a yarn club. I am not a joiner, so this took a lot of thought. I chose Spirit Trail Fiberworks because I love the Thoreau quotation, and the Spirit Trail Pathway explanation by Noel Bennett on the home page! THE SPIRIT TRAIL The basis of the...
by Venessa | Mar 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
Bernadette the body form is all dressed up and ready to go! Yes, I really do have long arms don’t I? The last button was stitched on just after midnight, and a blast of steam later, Charleswood, a modified version of Kiyomi by Barbara Gregory, is ready for the...
