Family Felting, with Robyn Smith

Join us in celebrating late spring with a family workshop on beginning needle felting at the Learning Center, taught by Robyn Smith of Spiritplay Toys.

A special felt puppet story and songs will be woven into this special community experience. Included are basic intro, tools, the techniques of designing a form working with wool to create a bunny, sheep, or other shape- creating the core layering, sculpting and finishing.

This is a group class with children ages six and older invited to participate with a parent or parents (Babies in arms or younger siblings welcome under adult supervision).

Adults may create one or several small animals, as well as having the freedom to create what comes organically to them. It is a process oriented experience for children, and the product is the freedom to learn and create. Adults will live with a good sense of how to guide their children at home with simple needle felting projects.

Felting needles, local wool batting, and felting sponges will be provided for use at the event for each family group. Take home a flyer with the basic info and a material resource list, guide, and of course your felted animal friends!

Admission fee is per family group--maximum of 6 families.

Participants must bring:

• Any personal snacks, lunch, and beverages. Please bring a packed lunch/snack and water bottle. We will break for 30 minutes outside, mid class.
• A notebook and pen for notetaking, if desired.
• Appropriate comfortable attire for sitting throughout the activity
  (note: there are no shoes indoors where this event will take place. Slip-on shoes may be most practical.)

Instructor Bio:

Robyn Smith is a former Northern California Fibershed Producer and guest Fiber artist/toy maker with 20+ years as a teacher in both Waldorf and Montessori classrooms.She has applied her deeper studies of handwork and felting gained at Rudolf Steiner College in schools and workshops in Sonoma County and her home now, the Island of Maui.

Read more about Robyn's work from this article in the Fibershed archives:

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Fibershed Scholarship Program

Fibershed is offering limited workshop scholarships for our workshops. If you would not otherwise be able to attend, and would like to be considered as a scholarship recipient, please see our Scholarship Application. Responses will be reviewed by Learning Center staff and kept strictly confidential.

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Cancellation Policy: Refunds (minus Eventbrite fees) are available up to 7 days before the event. If you cancel after 7 days before the event, we are unable to provide refunds unless we can fill your space from the waitlist. (**Please note that this is not common.**)
If someone is waitlisted and is able to purchase your space, we will refund your ticket, minus the Eventbrite fees. Otherwise, there will be no refunds. You are also welcome to transfer your ticket to someone who wishes to purchase it directly from you, or let us know if someone is coming in lieu of your name.

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There is livestock onsite, so we ask that visitors please keep their pets at home. Service dogs are permitted.

You can now support the Fibershed Education Fund by selecting an optional donation amount during ticket registration, or email us at bGVhcm5pbmdjZW50ZXIgfCBmaWJlcnNoZWQgISBvcmc= for alternative donation methods.

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