Woolcome to the PEI Fibre Festival, where the fibre meets the shore!
We are delighted to present the following fabulous instructors and presenters. We thank them for making our inaugural festival as enticing as it can possibly be. Click on each one to get all their details. We hope slipping you a stitch of information gets you excited about joining us. Stay tuned for more information on ticket sales which are expected to be in mid-April.
Christine LeGrow & Shirley A. Scott – Saltwater Mitten Girls
Saltwater Mittens, Classics, Gifts and Socks: How Did it All Happen?
1.5 Hour Lecture / Presentation
Christine LeGrow & Shirley A. Scott – Saltwater Mitten Girls
Change Up Your Saltwater Knits! How to Open Creative Doors Without Going Over the Wharf
2 Hour Lecture / Presentation
Christopher Walker & Jamie Godin – Cabin Boy Knits
Early Indigenous and European Natural Dye Practices in Canada
1 Hour Lecture / Presentation
Elise Campbell – Full of Wool
Introduction to Needle Felting
4 Hour Workshop –
Fiona Stevenson – Fiona Stevenson Designs
Fleece Artist Thrum Mitten
3 Hour Workshop
Kristin Drysdale – Scandiwork
Steeking without Fear (or Fainting) Class
3 Hour Workshop –
Kristin Drysdale – Scandiwork
Ingrid Fingerless Mitts from the Nordic Knitting Primer
3 Hour Workshop
Kristin Drysdale – Scandiwork
Scandiwork Slipper Class
3 Hour Workshop –
Lisa Freeman – Messy Crow Studio
Needle Felted Pumpkin
3 Hour Workshop
Lisa Freeman – Messy Crow Studio
Framed Artwork
3 Hour Workshop –
Lynne Pascoe – Sheep’s Clothing
Researching and Knitting Historical Clothing
2 Hour Workshop/Lecture
Lynne Pascoe – Sheep’s Clothing
Make a Funky Fibre Scarf
3 Hour Workshop
Lynne Pascoe – Sheep’s Clothing
Salt & Pepper Cap
3 Hour Workshop
Meg Anderson Kilfoil – CustomFit Knits
Introduction to CustomFit Sweaters
1.5 Hour Workshop
Meg Anderson Kilfoil – CustomFit Knits
Introduction to Sweater Knitting
1.5 Hour Workshop
Patricia Gillies – Philura Fibreworks
Spinning Luxury Fibres
4 Hour Workshop
Patricia Gillies – Philura Fibreworks
Breed Study for Spinners
4 Hour Workshop
Patty Lyons
Build a Better Fabric: Perfect Your Knitting Technique
3 Hour Workshop
Patty Lyons
Patty’s Circular Knitting Bag of Tricks
3 Hour Workshop
Patty Lyons
Brioche Building Blocks
3 Hour Workshop
Patty Lyons
Professional Polish: Secrets of the Pros
3 Hour Workshop
Ruth Gallo – Todwick Studios
Free Style Stranded Knitting for Home Textiles
3 Hour Workshop
Sam Myhre – RavensWood Fibre Co.
So You Want to Run a Yarn Business
3 Hour Lecture
Sarah Thompson – Rich Textures Crochet
Crochet a Beach Point Beanie!
3 Hour Workshop
Sarah Thompson – Rich Textures Crochet
Crochet a Braided Cable Ear Warmer
3 Hour Workshop
Shirley Paden
“Beauty and the Bead” Beading Workshop
3 Hour Workshop
Shirley Paden
A Taste of Lace (Beginning Lace Class)
4 Hour Workshop
Simone Van Iderstine – Sand and Sky Creations
Drop Spindle Spinning Basics
2 Hour Workshop –
Sylvia Olsen
Salish Fusion Toque
3 Hour Workshop
Sylvia Olsen
Finding the Scottish connections to the Cowichan sweater – the anatomy of cultural fusion
1.5 Hour Lecture