Wed, September 15, 12pm – Sun, November 14, 4pm The gallery is open 12pm to 4pm, Wednesdays through Sundays. Wednesdays 12pm – 4pm: Spinning (drop spindles and wheels welcome!) Thursdays 12pm – 4pm: Fleece (picker, carder, and sorting table will be available!) Fridays 12pm – 4pm : Weaving (portable looms are your best bet: table, inkle, backstrap, even cardboard!) […]
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2021 Hackett Park Fair
The Hackett Park Fair was a successful Fibreshed Team effort…the study group who met for 6 weeks at the Arts Centre shared knowledge, prepped and prepared fibre… 🙏 to our local shepherdesses who grew the fibre…it all came together this weekend.. We were so fortunate to have a competent set up team on the Friday […]
Read MoreNew Equipment Available for Loan
We have just acquired two items that are very useful for preparing our local fibre. This is a blending board: Made by Ashford, it is 12”x12” and comes with two dowels, two brushes, and a keel (adjustable stand). It is used to make rolags for spinning or batts for felting. Ashford has some useful videos […]
Read MoreSpring preparations for an indigo garden
At the March 6 LearnAlong, members learned how to make little paper pots to use when starting seedlings, in this case Japanese indigo plants. The leaves of this plant will give a beautiful blue by the end of the summer—planting the seeds now is a wonderful way to welcome spring, with the anticipation of long […]
Read MoreLearnAlong—Spring is Popping & Fibreshed is Prepping!
Dear Sunshine Coast Fibreshed Members, Fibreshed Learn Along “Spring is Popping + Fibreshed is Prepping!” Saturday, March 6, 2021 10am -12pm via Zoom link: Enter Meeting Meeting ID: 884 9387 9340 Passcode: 843993 Learn Alongs are opportunities for Fibreshed members to share info, skills, and enthusiasm, on the topic of the day. Since the pandemic […]
Read MoreLearnAlong—Knitted-In Mending
At our February LearnAlong, Catherine Nicholls, mender extraordinaire, walked us through the process of adding a visible patch to a knitted garment. This is one method of mending garments by making a visible repair, thus using it as an embellishment rather than attempting to hide it. Catherine explained every step in great detail, not […]
Read MoreLearnAlong—Mushroom Foray
While the rest of the Sunshine Coast was weighed down by a heavy blanket of clammy fog this past Saturday morning, seven intrepid Fibreshed members were basking in unseasonably balmy sunshine high up in the old- and second-growth forest of Big Tree Recreation Site. Their mission? To suss out the kind of local magical mushrooms […]
Read MoreLearnAlong—Dyeing with Lobster Mushrooms
A lazy late summer morning outside the Sechelt Arts Council. Tables, chairs, a stack of colourful books with Magic in the Dyepot emblazoned on the covers, brown paper shopping bags filled with fibre. Busy Fibreshed members (keeping a COVID-safe social distance, of course). A friendly dog adding to the atmosphere. A vat of deeply-stained liquid […]
Read MoreFarm Market Day
Fibreshed members hosted a day featuring fibre produced here on the Coast, at Fibreworks Gallery in Madeira Park. The clear, sunny day required that we provide shade for everyone, and we followed social-distancing protocol throughout. Members of the public enjoyed seeing the processes of taking wool from the raw fleece all the way to a […]
Read MoreLearning about picking and carding
This LearnAlong, held outdoors at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre, was all about picking and carding. Eight Fibreshed members gathered on a beautiful Saturday afternoon, keeping a safe physical distance and using wipes and hand sanitizer as per Covid-19 protocol. Wendy used the Patrick Green picker to open up the washed local Suffolk sheep fleece. […]
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