Wild Silk
Workshop With Kim McKenna
**Please note - this workshop is being put on by the Kalamalka Spinners & Weavers**
Date September
28,& 29,2013
9:00 to
5:00
Guild Members
$150.00
Non
KWS Guild members $170.00
Payment will be
required in full by March 31, 2013, there will be no refunds if you need to back
out you can sell your spot
This will be the
"Wild Silk" workshop, although a similar description to " Take a
Walk on the Wild Side",it is an indepth two day workshop. As well as learning
where (which species of silkworm) the various wild silks come from we look at
how they are reared and what they feed on. We spin 100% silk yarns and explore
some very interesting wild silk blends (the blends will by the way
be a bit easier for new spinners to handle). The two day workshop includes three
mini lectures, delving into fine art of blending, plying and dyeing wild silk.
The mini-lectures will prove especially helpful to the new spinners in the
group. The dye lecture reviews an immersion dye method for silk and helps people
understand why you do not dye silk in quite the same manner as you do
wool.
There will be a
$40-$50 fee for materials for the course and Kim will keep it down as much as
she can.
The workshop can
accommodate 20 participants. Tthe cost is based on 10 participants, and if there
are more a refund will be given.
Billeting can be
arranged if required.
Please contact Mary Klassen at sewgal@shaw.ca for more info.
