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Volunteer for the Sheep-to Shawl Showcase!

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It’s almost time for the 2026 Wisconsin Sheep & Wool Festival and I have an fun opportunity for you! We have a great team coordinating another Sheep-to-Shawl Showcase event on Sunday, Sept 13, from 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. In addition to several participating teams, the event will once again feature hands-on tables so Festival-goers can try rigid heddle weaving, hand and drum carding, drop spindling, etc. These activities were a huge hit last year!! So huge, the coordinators were … Continue reading →

Spinning on the Ply @ Sievers

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A space is waiting for YOU in this class! Plying sometimes comes as an afterthought to the spinner. It’s just “what we do” to our singles. However, plying is a specific skill set for the handspinner and an important tool in the design and construction of handspun yarns. We can ply for a specific yarn structure, to create a unique yarn design, to blend fibers and to build color. But this class is a two-fer! If you want to get … Continue reading →

Come Spin & Weave with Us!

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Registration is now open for the 2026 Fall Spinners/Weavers retreat! October 29-Nov 2 at Holy Wisdom Monastery and Retreat Center in Middleton WI. You’ll find all of the details and a link to register on our events page at https://fibergarden.com/event/2026-fall-spinners-weavers-retreat/. Spaces are filling fast. If you’ve been thinking “I’d like to attend a retreat sometime”…how about now??

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2023 Spinners Boot Camp

Our story in photos of our week spent spinning at The Clearing Folk School in Ellison Bay in Door County, Wisconsin. June 18-24, 2023. Spinners Boot Camp focused on skills in drafting fibers, understanding ratios, spinning fine and bulky yarns, and fiber preparation and spinning techniques for woolen and worsted style yarns. Armed with their new knowledge and skills, spinners designed and spun yarn for their selected knitting and weaving projects. View another fun video of our boot camp “drills” … Continue reading →


2022 Spring Spinners’ Retreat

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It’s been two and a half years since we gathered as spinners for one of our biannual retreats…since the fall of 2019, to be exact. Then we had a pandemic. A long, isolating pandemic. Until…finally…it became safe to gather again. Of course, there was a new set of safety protocols as an extra layer of protection for everyone. But at long last, we were back together again. And how sweet it was! The Cloquet Forestry Center in Cloquet MN was a new venue for us and it fit our needs perfectly starting with the very accomodating staff, to the private lodging rooms, a comfortable gathering space, and absolutely delicious meals. And we sat at our spinning wheels and visited and spun beautiful yarns and renewed old friendships and built new ones. Enjoy these highlights. And if you are a hand spinner and would like to join us for a retreat, be sure and check out the events page!

 

Spinners Color Workshop at The Clearing

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Color was everywhere! Every step on every path throughout The Clearing (Ellison Bay, Door County, WI) and on every table and spinning wheel in the inspiring schoolhouse. We carded and hackled and blended and spun and plyed every color of the rainbow! Take a look at our week together…

Celebrating the People & Places of 2018

Whether on the road teaching; traveling the lowlands, highlands, and islands of Scotland; or welcoming people to the home of the Fiber Garden here in Black River Falls, Wisconsin, 2018 was a year to remember! I am constantly reminded of the good people and the spectacular places I experienced throughout the year. I hope you enjoy watching some of the memories we made and the faces and spaces that were 2018. I hope that the new year of 2019 will be a landscape for many more extraordinary moments together!

“Clearing” the Mind; Renewing the Spirit

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It is rare in these days of too much stress, packed schedules, increasing workloads and pushing to do more, faster, with less, that we take the time to retreat. To slow down, breathe deeply, really “see” the amazing world that surrounds us. To reflect, refresh, and renew our minds and our hearts. To spend the time doing the things that we love. The Clearing Folk School in Door County, Wisconsin, is one place that allows us this space to “be”. I have … Continue reading →

A Spring Retreat!

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For spinners in the Fiber Garden community, spring and fall are times when we escape the daily grind for more peaceful and creative time. We pack up our fibers, load our spinning wheels, and hit the road to Baraboo, Wisconsin and “The Glen”. Durward’s Glen Retreat Center! For four days our spinning wheels turn a quiet rhythm and through the artists’ hands, amazing yarns are created! We recently returned from our spring retreat where we celebrated our spinning community and … Continue reading →

2016 Fall Spinner’s Retreat

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Inspiring, energizing, uplifting are just a few of the words that I would use to describe our recent spinner’s retreat. Spinners unleashing their creativity, bonding as a community of fiber artists and enjoying a hearty dose of laughter. What could be better? Until we gather again in the spring, may your spinning wheels always be in motion! Thank you for the honor of sharing these days with you!

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