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• Back-to Guild Show & Tell Showcase and Social

  • When
    September 13, 2025
  • Location
    First Baptist Church of Loveland
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  Back-to-Guild Show & Tell Showcase and Social

  Our first meeting is just around the corner.  To kick off the season let's make our September program all about us; so many of us have been busy over the summer with fiber and textile pursuits, so let's inspire each other with our completed projects at Show & Tell and stay afterwards to admire them and enjoy catching up with old friends and making new friends.  Bring a lunch and a project to work on after Show & Tell and we'll keep the party going all afternoon!

  When:  Sept. 13, 2025

  Where: First Baptist Church

  1003 W. Sixth St., Loveland CO

  
  

  
  

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• My Journey from Africa to Opening a Fiber Arts Center

  • When
    October 11, 2025
  •  
    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    First Baptist Church of Loveland 1003 W. Sixth St.

  My Journey from Africa to Opening a Fiber Arts Center - Cael Chappell

  October 11, 2025 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  First Baptist Church - 1003 W. Sixth St., Loveland CO

  

  Join Cael Chappell as he presents an engaging slide show explaining how he ended up opening and owning Fiber Arts on 4th in the Albuquerque area. The story must start briefly in his childhood, then moving across Africa, to his personal basket weaving experiences, and now to opening a community fiber arts center. 

  Presenter Bio:  

  In 2002 Cael founded a fair trade project designed to support weavers and their families in rural Africa and still works at Baskets of Africa every day.  Fifteen years later he began winning awards for his own baskets.  Cael is also a coveted guest speaker and instructor, as well as the President of the National Basketry Organization.  

  
  

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• WORKSHOP Dyeing Wool Braids the Easy Way with Christine Schneider

  • Start
    November 01, 2025
  •  
    10:00 AM
  • End
    November 02, 2025
  •  
    4:00 PM
  • Location
    Lamms End Studio, Fort Collins, CO
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  Dyeing Wool Braids the Easy Way with Christine Schneider

  Create your very own personal dyed braids by learning four different dye application techniques.  Each will have different effects and different color blending.  On the second dye day we will test what we created by spinning or felting samples.  Pick your favorite and then dye a full 4 oz braid using your favorite technique.  You will dye a total of 8 oz., enough for a future project.      

  Skill Requirements:  Beginning to advanced spinning or felting or any other fiber technique that uses wool top

  Nov. 1 & 2, 2025      10:00 AM - 4:00 PM     
  

  Location:  Lamms End Studio - 3001 Colt Court, Fort Collins, CO

  Registration Fee:  $170

  Materials Fee to be paid to instructor: $35

  Materials Provided by Instructor: 

  • All dyes and auxiliaries
  • Fiber
  • Handouts

  Participant materials/equipment to bring (Day 1):

  • Materials fee $35

  Participant materials/equipment to bring (Day 2):

  • Scissors
  • Your favorite method of working with fiber:  Spinning wheel or drop spindle, felting tools

  Instructor Bio: 

  "I can’t remember not working with fibers.  I began by teaching myself to knit in 6^th grade.  I was exposed to weaving in 8th grade when I went to camp.  In high school we had a fabulous arts program where I learned to spin and really learned about weaving.  From there I followed my dreams and started creating on my own.  I am primarily self-taught, which gave me the freedom to experiment with colors and techniques.  I began dyeing wools for my own sweaters around 1978 and ran with it over the years.  There are so many different techniques using fiber and dyes that I could do only that for my entire life.  

  "I will usually plan my project first and then create the dye technique to accomplish what I envision.  Experimentation is the key to growth and continued color play makes me happy." -- Christine Schneider

  Follow Christine at Carr Park Artisans and on Instagram

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• PROGRAM Stash-Busting Techniques with Christine Schneider

  • When
    November 08, 2025
  •  
    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    First Baptist Church of Loveland 1003 W. Sixth St.

  
  

  Stash-Busting Techniques with Christine Schneider

  November 8, 2025 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

   
  

  Do you have a huge collection of fibers or yarns that called to you that you just had to buy?  Now they're in your closet and you have no idea what to do with only one braid or one skein of yarn or a partial warp.  Start to think outside the box and use them in a way that you'll love.  Learn to combine colors into a larger project with different techniques in spinning, knitting and weaving.   

  Presenter Bio:  

  "I can’t remember not working with fibers. I began by teaching myself to knit in 6 th grade.  I was exposed to weaving in 8th grade when I went to camp. In high school we had a fabulous arts program where I learned to spin and really learned about weaving. From there I followed my dreams and started creating on my own. I am primarily self-taught, which gave me the freedom to experiment with colors and techniques. I began dyeing wools for my own sweaters around 1978 and ran with it over the years. There are so many different techniques using fiber and dyes that I could do only that for my entire life. I will usually plan my project first and then create the dye technique to accomplish what I envision. Experimentation is the key to growth and continued color play makes me happy." -- Christine Schneider

  Christine dyes cellulose and protein-based warps for weavers through her online shop, Carr Park Artisans.  Follow her on Instagram and Carr Park Artisans.

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• WORKSHOP The Fundamentals of Orenburg Knitted Lace with Galina Khmeleva

  • When
    February 14, 2026
  •  
    1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    First Baptist Church of Loveland 1003 W. Sixth St.
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  The Fundamentals of Orenburg Knitted Lace With Galina Khmeleva

  
  

  Date:  February 14, 2026 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

  Location:  First Baptist Church, 1003 W. Sixth St., Loveland CO

  Registration fee:  $50

  Skill Requirements: Intermediate 

  Materials Provided by Instructor: 

   Yarn and charts

  Materials Registrants should bring:

  • Favorite needles, any style, sizes 0-3
  • Note-taking materials

  Instructor Bio:  

  Galina Khmeleva, lace knitter/spinner extraordinaire, is the author of Gossamer Webs, the History and Techniques of Orenburg Lace Shawls and Gossamer Webs, The Design Collection.  She has mentored classes all over the globe.  Galina's work has appeared in Piecework, Interweave Knits, Spin-Off, Knitting Traditions, Knitter's Magazine, Cast On, Wild Fibers and Verena.  Most recently Galina finished work on four DVD's, three about Orenburg lace and one about intarsia.  

  Follow Ghmeleva at Instagram and on her website, Galina Khmeleva

  
  

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