Events and happenings

Greetings to all my felt and fiber lovers!

Felt News

August 2017

Nalbinding class at the Folk School, April 2016

Classes!
My next scheduled class will be Nalbinding, June 8-10, 2018 at the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, NC. This class typically fills up, so don't wait to sign up! The catalog at the Folk School is amazing, so don't miss a chance to go to "summer camp for grownups". :-)

I have a number of weekends available this winter to teach, and I love teaching, so if you have an idea for a class, guild workshop, or whatever, feel free to contact me! I teach felting, nuno felting, knitting, nalbinding, spinning, fleece prep/carding/combing, and tablet weaving.

Current Work In Progress - toe-up socks together on one long circular

WIP

I have several things in the works:

My Etsy store (laurafelts) actually has everything listed that I have finished and available! WOW!! Now I'm in the process of improving my photos and listings, and adding new items for the fall. I also take custom orders, although I don't have any listed, but feel free to contact me with any questions or requests.

I have been knitting since I was 5 years old, and pretty much non-stop since some time in high school. I typically design my own sweaters these days, so I am working on writing up the designs, making youtube videos of techniques I use, and documenting my projects on Ravelry. My youtube channel is LauraFelts1, and my Ravelry profile is LauraFelts! (Are you sensing a theme here? LOL) My latest video (which got added to the wrong channel, because I am still YouTube challenged!) is Knitting Back Backwards. Because entrelac leg warmers…

I'll be looking for my friends on social media!!

Out and About

If you live in the Middle Tennessee area, please put these events on your calendar!

Weaving: Eastern Tennessee's Part in History

When: Saturday, August 19, 2017 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Where: Bellevue (Nashville Public Library)

The Handweavers Guild of Tennessee welcomes author and weaver Philis Alvic for a presentation on Arrowcraft Weaving in Gatlinburg, and other weaving centers of eastern Tennessee

Also Saturday, October 21 is Fiber in the Boro, our fall Fiber Festival extraordinaire! 

Thanks for reading and I look forward to seeing and hearing from you! 

Felt News - Issue 3

OK, my last attempt to make my lovely PDF Newsletter appear as a blog post was somewhat disappointing.  So lets try this again, shall we?

Felt News - Issue 3: October 31, 2011  Foundations in Felt

WERE YOU THERE?? 

I didn’t get my newsletter out in time, but hopefully you made it out to the first annual Fiber in the Boro, Saturday Oct. 29, at the Lane Agricultural Park on John Rice Blvd. in Murfreesboro TN.  Check out fiberintheboro.com for next year! It was great!  I bought silk...

Flat-felted beret - 

merino wool and silk fiber wet felted by hand. 

Custom orders and sizes welcome.

Available in assorted colors - $51ea

Upcoming Shows and Classes

With the chill of fall in the air, (with a vengeance!) thoughts are turning to warm scarves and hats, and holiday gift-giving.

More classes - YAY!!

Tuesday, November 8 at 10 a.m. - Flat Felted Berets and at 6 p.m. - Soft Felt Scarves 

Tuesday, December 6 at 10 a.m. - Soft Felt Scarves and at 6 p.m. - Quick Felt Gifts

We are going to have so much fun with these easy and fun projects.  The materials are so luscious that you can’t help but love the results. I have new silk elements to play with from Fiber in the Boro, too!!

Space is limited so  sign up for these classes today thru harpethartcenter.com! Also, look for me teaching knitting and crochet at the Joann’s in Murfreesboro!

One of the many shows I am doing this fall is the 2nd Saturday Porter Crossing Arts Market! November 12 and December 10 in East Nashville - check it out at PorterCrossingNashville.com for more info! Noon to 9 p.m., and plan to hit the Family Wash for dinner!

Our wonderful Crafty & Fiber Community in Nashville!

I have found so many fun and inspiring groups of people in Nashville and online, and it is so inspiring to get out of my studio and see what other people are inspired by.  Craftville is a fun group of Nashville young people that have a great vision of a real-life craft community! I’ve joined them, and can’t wait to do more events with the group! Check out craftville.org, or look for their Facebook page or their Etsy team. The last meeting was full of yummy food, exciting networking, talk about classes and more! The next meeting will include a talk on “Are you Etsy Savvy?”

Newsletter with lots of new news!! Yay!

My friends and collectors modeling some of my newest nuno felt wearables at the May TACA fair in Centennial Park, Nashville, Tennessee.

The word “nuno” is japanese for “fabric”.  “Nuno” felting, or laminate felting, is a wet felting technique where unfelted or partially felted animal fibers or wool are felted in contact with an open-weave fabric so that the ends of the fibers work through the openings in the fabric weave during felting.

Upcoming Felt Classes and Workshops

There is still time to create your one-of-a-kind summer scarf masterpiece.  Nuno felt scarves are great for any season!

I am pleased to announce that I have a “Nuno” felt scarf class coming up at the Harpeth Art Center, scheduled for Saturday, November 18 from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.  We well be making a variety of styles of beautiful scarves, starting with a hand-dyed silk chiffon scarf in your choice of colors.  We will also learn how to make “prefelts” and fuse them into the silk chiffon. Beautiful, and yours is sure to be unique, wonderful and truly yours!  Space is limited so sign up for this class today thru harpethartcenter.com!

New!! ETSY Felt, Instructional Videos on YouTube, and more!

I have been busy increasing my web presence, and wanted to share my new online forums with you!  I now have a Facebook page for Foundations in Felt, where I can post and keep up with my classes and new work easily and quickly! (I confess, I am addicted to Facebook!)  I also have created my own “channel” on YouTube, and am creating my own instructional videos and posting them here. I am also creating playlists of my videos from Expert Village, only in the right order!  Also check out my Etsy store, Laura Felts. I invite you to please subscribe, “like”, favorite, or otherwise patronize and help me promote these efforts!  Thanks! - Laura