Fiber Art Classes! Mark your calendars now for spring and summer fun…
For your safety and in accordance with current public health guidance all classes and groups are currently suspended. We’re reaching out to anyone who’s registered for a class, however if you were registered and did not receive our email please contact us to confirm your cancellation, refund or credit. We hope to see you again here at Halcyon Yarn when we can welcome you safely! (05/25/20)
Ready to learn a new fiber art, improve your skills, or just spend a day or two doing something you love? Register now for fiber art classes at Halcyon Yarn. Our spring and summer classes are already starting to fill up so check them out and sign up soon!
Is there a skill you want to learn but don’t see here? Know of a great instructor you’d love to learn from here? Please let us know here: Contact Halcyon Yarn
We’re adding more classes all the time – stay tuned! Here’s what’s coming up…
WEAVING
Intro to Rigid Heddle, Two Days • 2 spring sessions
Meets on: Saturday and Sunday 03/14/20 and 3/15/20
Meets on: Saturday and Sunday 4/25/20 and 4/26/20
Instructor: Gretchen Jaeger
Time: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, $195.00
Weaving 101 • 3/27 (3 days)
Instructor: Sybil Shiland
Meets on: Friday, Saturday and Sunday 03/27/20, 03/28/20 and 03/29/20
Time: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm / 3 days, $325
Weaving Project Weekend – (three days)
Instructor: Sybil Shiland
Meets on: Friday, May 1, Saturday, May 2nd & Sunday, May 3rd
Time: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm / 3 days, $325
Weaving project kit included, please select when registering. Choose from our recommended scarf or towel projects!
Serendipity Woven Scarf Pattern Download |
Oktoberfest - Woven Scarf Pattern Download |
Dancing on the Ceiling Woven Shawl - Pattern Download |
Waffle Weave Dish Towel Pattern - 8/2 Cotton - Pattern download |
Camp and Cottage Towel Pattern 4-shaft and Rigid Heddle- 8/2 Cotton |
FELTING
Noodling with Nuno Felt – 3/1
Instructor: Marianne Senechal
Meets on: Sunday, March 1, 2020
Time: 9:30 am – 3:30 pm, $100
Going to the Dogs Needle Felting – 3/21
Instructor: Marianne Senechal
Meets on: Saturday, March 21, 2020
Time: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, $75
Make & Take Felted Eggs – 4/5
Instructor: Isabel Stearns
Meets on: Sunday, April 5
Time: 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Needle Felted Kit Workshop – 4/14
Instructor: Marianne Senechal
Meets on: Tuesday evening, April 14
Time: 5:30 – 8:00 pm, $36 (does not include felting kit, please bring or buy what you’d like to make!
See all our needle felting kits here!
KNIT & CROCHET
Knitting 101 – Saturday, 2/15
Instructor: Kathleen Kenny
Saturday, 02/15/2020
Time: 10:00 am – 1:30 pm • $98.00, materials included
Knitted Tams – Saturday, 3/7
Instructor: Linda Perry
Meets on: Saturday, March 7, 2020
Time: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, $120
Intro to Crochet – 3/14
Instructor: Judy Villeneuve
Meets on: Saturday, 3/14/2020
Time: 10:00 am – 1:30 pm, $98
Brioche Knitted Cowl – 4/25
Instructor: Roseanne Bilger
Meets on: Saturday, April 25, 2020
Time: 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm, $100
Pattern and project yarn are included. Please bring or buy a 24″ long circular needle, size US 10, and stitch markers.
SPINNING
Begin to Spin – 6/20 & 6/27 (two Saturdays)
Instructor: Linda Clutterbuck
Meets on: Saturday, June 20 & Saturday, June 27, 2020
Time: 10:00 pm – 2:00 pm each day, $195
Woolen & Worsted Spinning – 7/25
Instructor: Linda Clutterbuck
Meets on: Saturday, July 25, 2020
Time: 1:00 pm – 1:00 pm, $100
Spinning Clinic – 8/15
Instructor: Linda Clutterbuck
Meets on: Saturday, August 15, 2020
Time: 10:00 am – 1:00 pm, $95
Planning Your Visit
All classes are taught in the Halcyon Yarn Classroom, located on the 2nd floor above the store at 12 School St., in downtown Bath, Maine. Our classroom is ADA accessible and can be accessed by stairs or elevator. A small kitchenette is available for student use during your class and parking is in the lot next to the building. Halcyon Yarn is conveniently located right off of Coastal Route One in midcoast Maine, approximately 35 minutes from Portland, one hour from Camden/Rockland, and two hours from Boston.
Bath is a beautiful area with many attractions, as well as great dining and lodging. For more about visiting the area and directories to local travel resources: visitbath.com
Related items of interest: • Weaving Patterns
I don’t work during the week and would love to see some classes offered during the week for those of us who are available.