by Deborah Robson and Carol Ekarius
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Appearances, presentations, and classes by the authors
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Olds College Fibre Week
June 22–26, 2012
Deb will be teaching three classes:
Friday/Saturday, a two-day workshop for spinners, breed-specific wools.
Sunday, a half-day workshop on assessing a fleece from a spinner's point of view.
Lots of today's spinners have had access to a bounty of prepared fibers, both natural and dyed, and have never bought a
freshly shorn fleece. They are missing one of the craft's most profound delights: working with fibers that have not been
mechanically processed. And they don't know how to begin! Come learn how to evaluate a fleece, including the technical
aspects of telling whether it's one you'll want to spend your time on and the etiquette involved in doing your
assessment.
Monday/Tuesday, a two-day workshop on animal fibers for knitters.
Day 1 a sampling of breed-specific wools and day 2 a sampling of other animal
fibers (camelids, goats, whatever else we collect, looking for variety and fun).
Long Beach, California
July 18–19, 2012 &
July 20–21, 2012
Deb will be teaching An Introduction to Rare Wools: Spinning Fun Stuff for All Sorts of Good Reasons at Convergence 2012. (Convergence has asked Deb to offer the same two-day workshop twice.)
Minneapolis, Minnesota
July 26–29, 2012
An evening guild program and a three-day workshop with Deb at the Weavers Guild of Minnesota.
Howell, Michigan
September 21–24, 2012
Deb Robson and Beth Smith, owner of The Spinning Loft, are working on ideas for the topic for this workshop or set of classes. If you think you might like to attend and have ideas for what you’d like to learn (that Deb can teach —!), feel free to send us your thoughts and we’ll put them on our brainstorming sheet!
Friday Harbor, Washington
March 10–15, 2013
A four-day workshop with Deb exploring four varied breeds in more depth than is possible in a survey.
For details e-mail robson (at) drobson (dot) info, subject line: Explore 4 Spring 2013.
More info on this class coming soon!
Information about importing fleeces
- Article by Carol about importing fleece
- List of FMD-free countries
- Table 3-7-14: Regulatory action on Wool, Hair, and Bristles
- Table 3-7-15: Wool, Hair, or Bristles Free from Blood Stains, but Not Washed, Scoured, or Dyed, and from a Region of Origin Affected with FMD
- Table 3-7-16: Wool Contaminated with Manure or Dung Locks and from a Country or Region of Origin Affected with FMD
- Table 3-7-17: Ruminant or Swine Hair or Bristles Contaminated with Manure and from a Country or Region of Origin Affected with FMD
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