This Fibreshed LearnAlong, held at the Gibsons Public Market on March 30, focused on what we as Fibreshed members learned in our first year of LearnAlongs. Participants brought a project they wanted to work on, using Sunshine Coast (or BC] fibre. We picked, carded, spun, spindled, felted, wove, and knit. On display for the public […]
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Seedy Saturday at the Creek
Good folk gathered at the Community Hall in Roberts Creek, BC, to celebrate farming and to sell garden seeds and products made from the bounty of the earth. The Sunshine Coast Fibreshed was happy to welcome locals, visitors, friends, Fibreshed folk, and members of the Sunshine Coast Spinners and Weavers Guild to our colourful corner. […]
Read MoreLearnAlong—Needle Felting
The Sunshine Coast Fibreshed held its ninth LearnAlong February 23 in the Ravensthread studio of Catherine Nichols in Gibsons, BC. With snow falling, 14 Fibreshed members ventured forth to explore needle felting. Supplies were available from Kim Fenton’s Unwind shop, so everyone had foam, fleece, needles, and creativity. Master felter Ursula Bentz had some of […]
Read MoreActivities at Fibreshed Day – April 8, 2018
The Slow Fashion movement at the third annual Fibreshed Day … a contest to find Fibreshed garments – which fibres are they made from, what dyes have been used for colour, and who has created the final garment? The prize to the winner … a toque made with local fibre dyed by Heather, and spun & knit […]
Read MoreSheep Shearing at Fibreshed Day – April 8, 2018
Thanks to Alexis Bach, who hosted this event at her FibreWorks Studio and Gallery in Madeira Park BC, it has been a successful third annual Fibreshed Day! Paige, a trained sheep herding dog, gets attention from Reg. Mojo appears to be relaxing at the sheep spa … his top brown BFL coat almost off. Johanna […]
Read MoreSheep Parade at Fibreshed Day – April 8, 2018
Rodney and Mojo arrive at the FibreWorks yurts in Madeira Park for the third annual Sunshine Coast Fibreshed Day … Once on solid terra, they take a moment to get grounded. Johanna, their shearer and Wendy, their shepherdess sheep whisper calming sounds. The parade begins with Wendy leading Mojo and Reg (wannabe shepherd) leading Rodney. […]
Read MoreFun Fibreshed Day at the Yurts – April 8, 2018
The third annual Sunshine Coast Fibreshed Day, “Barn to Yarn”, held at Fibreworks Studio & Gallery in Madeira Park, BC had a grounded feeling for participants. They saw, from start to finish … ? fleece being washed, picked, carded, spun into yarn or felted, dyed, and then created by knitting into garments … where the […]
Read MoreFibreshed in BC is catching on!
Exciting things are happening with Fibreshed and our neighbours on Vancouver Island. On the 22nd of January of 2018, CBC news aired a story about a Vancouver Island Fibreshed project named “Move over 100-Mile Diet: Vancouver Island fibre producers launch the 150-Mile wardrobe” and Vancouver Island’s only fibre mill recently re-opened as well. Click on link […]
Read MoreFibreshed at the Annual Fibres Plus Sale 2017 – November 24th & 25th
Halls are decked with decorations resembling Christmas and after a long day of set-up, the Fibreshed team is ready for the public to peruse its display. Local fibre is carded and hand-dyed with pokeberry, Japanese indigo, and other local plants giving a lovely variety of colours including yellows, greens, blues, brilliant pinks, and luscious burgundy […]
Read MoreTREADLE Lightly – ANWG 2017, NW Weavers’ Conference
Well the big weekend has finally arrived! ANWG 2017, July 3 at the University of Victoria! The “Teddy Bear Picnic Blanket Project” is about to be put on display for all the world to see, and Lynda, in her special indigo bonnet, can hardly wait to get started with setting up our Guild booth […]
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