Joan's Workshop Schedule

2009 WORKSHOPS

In addition to the workshops listed below, Joan teaches classes at the Fiber Studio located at the Bisbee Community Y, Bisbee, Arizona.

Contact Joan at : jsruane@yahoo.com

Check the Bisbee Fiber Arts Guild Website: http://www.bisbeefiberarts.com

PHOTOS FROM: March 2008 Florida Tropical Conference Inkle Weaving

JANUARY 3:  : Industrial Hemp lecture at 10am Carding and Blending Dyed Cotton Lint....mini workshop at 1pm .. Arizona Desert Weavers, Phoenix, AZ

JANUARY 10-11:  Beginning Four Harness Workshop ..... 9-4 ...Bisbee Fiber Arts Guild , Bisbee, Arizona ..www.bisbeefiberarts.com for information

JANUARY 30/ FEBRUARY 1:  Learning to Spin Your Own Yarn ..9-4 Tucson, AZ contact Diane Bootes at: laughinggecko@comcast.net

FEBRUARY 20-21-22: Cotton Spinning & Designing With Color This includes dying their cotton fibers, spinning the yarn with color and weaving a small scarf. Albuquerque, NM ..For info: morrison@rt66.com February 24th Lecture at Guild Meeting "Following Cotton from the Plant to the Loom"

MARCH 6-8-10, Mon/Wed/Fri. 9-4: Beginning Four Harness Workshop Bisbee Fiber Arts Guild , Bisbee, Arizona ...www.bisbeefiberarts.com for information.

MARCH 19-22: Florida Tropical Weavers Guild - Lake Yale Conference Center in Lake Yale, Fl.
Vendor's Booth with Easy to Spin Cotton Sliver both white and natural colored & takli spindles. Rae Temperton's fine wooden tools and Ken Ledbetter's fabulous drop spindles (see www.kclwoods.com) Come by Southwest Corner's booth to get tips on spinning cotton. Go to www.ftwg.org for more information on the conference.

APRIL 25 & 26: Ventura California Guild
Lecture: "Following Cotton from the Plant to the Loom" in the morning with a Mini Workshop in Spinning on a Takli Support Spindle in the afternoon.  Saturday's Spinners on the 26th will hold a workshop on Dyeing and Spinning Bamboo Fibers.

For more info:

MAY 23: Grandma's Spinning Wheel, Tucson, Arizona
 Full day workshop: "Spinning With Cotton"
Contact Vicky Konecky - spinningramma@aol.com or (520) 290-3738

JUNE 4 - 7: Northwest Regional Spinners Association, Tacoma, Washington

For info. contact: Beth Witters at 2009conference@nwrsa.org Joan will be teaching 3 classes: Spinning on a Takli, Spinning on a Charka & 10 Plus Ways of Plying.

JUNE 27-28-29: Fibre Week 2009 at Olds College in Alberta, Canada

June 27-28 - Cotton Spinning & Beyond  June 29 - Spinning Eco-Friendly Fibers

For information on Fibre Week go to: www.oldscollege.ca/fibreweek

JULY 17 - 19: Mid West Fiber and Folk Art Festival

For infomation: www.fiberandfolk.com  Joan will be teaching 3 classes: Takli Support Spindle Spinning, Spinning on a Charka & Falling in Love with Cotton Spinning.

AUGUST: Southwest Regional Spinners 22nd Annual Retreat, Sacramento, New Mexico just outside of Cloudcroft.

For info contact: jbrydon@comcast.net More info later.

 

 

Joan Ruane at jsruane@yahoo.com
520-642-3603