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by: Kate Comaskey

Upcoming Classes at Halcyon Yarn

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Jump start your spring by joining us at Halcyon Yarn to learn a new craft or improve a craft you already love. We’ve highlighted a few up coming class, but make sure you checkout all our current classes.

The world of handspinning is a magical place for fiber lovers. Nothing compares to creating your own yarn and oh the yarns you can make. If you’ve ever contemplated learning to spin there’s no time like the present and no better teacher from whom to learn than master spinner and teacher Rudy Amann

Join us for Intensive Beginning Spinning on Friday and Saturday, May 2 & 3 from 9am-3pm. That’s this weekend so sign up quickly (we only have a couple spots open). This is your chance to get a firm introduction to the fiber art of spinning.  Rudy covers the basics of wheels and their functions, many different fibers and their properties, spinning singles and then plying singles.  You’ll leave this class having mastered the basics and with notes and samples for future reference. The class fee of $225 includes all the materials. Come with a wheel in good working order OR rent one for the class for $25.00.

Ever wish you could change a pattern to suit your individual style, size and needs? Have we got a class for you. Change It: How to Modify Your Knitting Patterns on Friday May 9 from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm delves into the format of patterns and how to change them to suit your individual needs.  So many of our Halcyon Yarn customers tell us a pattern is almost what they want but maybe it is a little too long, or the sleeves look too tight, or the sizing is either a little too small or a little too big, or the pattern is for a short sleeved sweater and they want a long sleeved sweater, or they want to add or change a pattern stitch. You get the idea. This class will address these issues so you will be able to look at patterns in a new light: as a source of inspiration you can alter for your needs. The class fee is $50.

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Enter the mesmerizing world of tapestry weaving with Tapestry 101 on Saturday & Sunday, May 10 & 11 from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm. Large or small, tapestries offer endless opportunities to combine colors, fibers and textures to create unique painterly effects within the woven world. This class is an introduction to tapestry techniques, style, design and equipment. Learn the techniques for combining yarns and colors, filling in certain areas, creating a textured surface and following a design or ‘cartoon’. Let tapestry artist and experienced teacher, Maria Kovacs, get you started in this fun and fascinating fiber art form that has a wide range of possibilities from traditional to contemorary to ‘way out’.  You’ll enjoy the portability of tapestry and the flexibility of styles and materials. The class fee of $150 includes all the materials and a frame loom for you to take home at the end of class.