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 […]
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Sheep 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 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 MoreWorldwide Knit in Public Day – June 10th
Kim Fenton hosted knitters along the sidewalk in front of her shop, Unwind, in Mollys Lane, Gibsons, B.C. Several happy knitters joined Kim along with members of the Sunshine Coast Spinners and Weavers Guild, local Fibreshed folk and the curious public. Interesting stories were told by each knitter remembering their first or most memorable knitting […]
Read MoreSecond Annual Fibreshed Day – Part 2
The Waulking Ceremony Waulking is a traditional Scottish method used to full and soften fabric. The Sunshine Coast Spinners and Weavers have been gathering local fibre and working on a Community Blanket Project for the past year. We started with La Braun of Happy Chick Farm, Gibsons, BC, here with Shepherdess, Heidi. The woven […]
Read MoreSecond Annual Fibreshed Day – Part 1
From Shepherdess to Knitted Dress The Second Annual Sunshine Coast Fibreshed Day was held April 9, 2017 at Fibreworks Studio and Gallery, Madeira Park, BC. The focus was on our local Shepherds & Shepherdesses to show off fibre from their sheep and the steps of shearing through to finished product. Wendy Gilbertson on her Wilson Creek farm with “Mojo”, […]
Read MoreEarth Day 2016
On April 24th, Roberts Creek, lovingly known as the “Gumboot Nation” of the Sunshine Coast of B.C., hosted its 27th Earth Day Festival. It was a great day of music, tasty local food, raffles, petitions and information on environmental initiatives. Our environmentally aware community created over 55 displays. There was live music with dancing on […]
Read MoreGrown and Sewn Close to Home
April 10th was a beautiful sunny day for the Sunshine Coast Fibreshed’s “Grown and Sewn Close to Home” event at the FibreWorks Studio & Gallery in Madeira Park. Fibre farmers and processors, artists, teachers and fibre art enthusiasts gathered together to meet, network and learn from each other. There were displays of local fibres and […]
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