Our Classes and Workshops
So, if I were super-tech-savvy right from the get-go….THIS would be the place where you can see upcoming classes and sign up directly through this website. I’m ALMOST THERE! Ugh, why won’t the systems talk to one another?!
To sign up for a class - call the studio (765-526-2781) or email: FiberMakerStudio@gmail.com.
SO, please check back here often! More to come! Class descriptions below the schedule (along with sample photos)
Class schedule:
(Please note! - Fiber Maker Studio is patrolled by a loving, friendly, furry feline. All attempts to keep dander/fur out of the studio are instituted. However, if you are allergic to cats - or just prefer to not be around them - please let Jennifer know and she will do her best to make accommodations for you.)
Dorset Button making
Join Jennifer to learn how to make your own Dorset-style buttons for personalizing yourself. Buttons have a magnetic closure, which allows them to be put on nearly anything! Scarves, hats, purses, blouses…whatever adornment you desire!
Students will make one posy-style flower button. All materials and supplies included with registration fee. Students are suggested to bring scissors (as those wander around the table), pencil and a smile!
Class cost: $35
Come Find the Sun: Natural Dye Exploration Day
A fun afternoon class teaching the essence of natural dyes - through trial and error!
Course cost: $40
Jennifer will provide 1/2 yard cotton muslin prepared fabrics for your experiments. Dyepots will be ready for your exploration into color! We will use marigold, cochineal, weld, osage, madder and indigo to achieve (hopefully!) yellows, oranges, blues and purples. Fiber will be pre-scoured and mordanted for our immediate use.
Students should bring: apron, rubber gloves, empty clean jars with lids (to take home exhaust bath dyes), pencil for notetaking and a sense of fun! Don’t wear your favorite shoes to class either - in case the dye migrates.
This class is fantastic fun for small groups! Contact Jennifer at FiberMakerStudio@gmail.com to sign up.
Beginning Band Weaving
A fun 2 hour class teaching the essence of weaving bands to make a bookmark or a key fob
Course cost: $30, all materials provided
Jennifer will provide pre-warped looms with cotton threads for students to create their own bookmark or key fob.
Discussion on designing bands, what to do with the completed bands (pet collars, shoelaces, purse straps - so much more!), how to warp this loom and more will be covered.
Looms are available to purchase for $65. Loom use in class is free.
NOTE: For any weaver younger than 16, Jennifer appreciates parental involvement. A parent who also weaves is considered a student and pay for materials accordingly. The parent who is only assisting their child would not be considered a student and therefore won't be charged.
This class is fantastic fun for small groups! Maximum of 8 students. Contact Jennifer at FiberMakerStudio@gmail.com to sign up.
Leatherworking class
A fun class teaching the essence of working with leather. You will stamp, carve and/or paint your leather to create a one-of-a-kind unique bookmark or wrap bracelet.
For more confident students, a leather-wrap for a coffee mug (pre-order for additional $15 supply fee).
Course cost: $30 (bookmark or bracelet included)
Materials cost: $15 (coffee mug and leather wrap)
This class is fantastic fun for small groups! Contact Jennifer at FiberMakerStudio@gmail.com to sign up.
Advanced Band Weaving Class
A fun afternoon class teaching the essence of Baltic pick-up band weaving - using a 4” rigid heddle Beka, Inc. loom and a weaving shuttle (included in materials cost).
Course cost: $55
Materials cost: $65 (includes loom, shuttle or sword and fiber)
Already own a small rigid heddle loom? Bring it with you and note it in your email please.
This class is fantastic fun for small groups! You’ll walk away with the beginnings of either a key-fob, lanyard or even shoe-laces! Contact Jennifer at FiberMakerStudio@gmail.com to sign up.
Beginning Weaving
Start at the very, very beginning! This five week, 3 hour per class teaches all the steps to produce cloth! You weave a set of eight mug rugs (coasters) or a narrow runner. Jennifer will teach you all the steps between taking the fiber from the cone to producing cloth!
Cost: $165
Materials: $25 for yarn
Loom requirements: 4 shaft loom (table or floor loom)
Studio access for these five weeks is expanded for students so you have plenty of weaving time. (Each mug rug takes about 45 minutes to weave)
** At this time, Jennifer does not loan looms.
Structure Workshop
Color and Weave (or the variety of plain-ness)
Join Jennifer on Zoom as she explores the variety of effects of color and weave.
Cost: $65 (without fiber)
This three part course is comprised of:
Day 1, on Zoom: Overview of color and weave (hint: it’s plain weave or twill but with color added). Homework for the following class on May 20 will be to select 2 choices of color-ways you desire to put on a loom. If you have the fibers at hand, complete a card wrapping or a colored graph drawing.
Day 2, on Zoom: Discussion of color options you chose and potential drafts. Homework for the following class on June 10 will be to weave one selected color choice to present as a completed piece of cloth.
Day 3, on Zoom and/or in studio: Show and Tell night! Can’t make it in studio? You can Zoom with those gathered in the studio - but photos of your work are required so we can ‘ohhh’ and ‘ahhhh’ with your piece too!
** As always, Jennifer is available to discuss this course with students between class times, either via email, phone or on a Zoom call.
Structure Workshop
Courses on specific structures coming soon!
Summer and Winter
Shadow weave
Twills
Huck Lace vs. Bronson Lace
Classes available - on your loom! Can be over Zoom or in-studio.
Class on Zoom: $15/hr
Class in studio: $10/hr
Book a Class
Grab your calendar and let’s plan some weaving adventures