Make an Alpaca Stomp Rug!
with
Karry Heun
ABOUT THIS EVENT
Event Category
Arts & DIY
Event Overview
Learn the ancient technique of wet felting to make a beautiful and luxurious alpaca fiber rug. Using just hot water, soap and elbow grease we will turn raw fiber from our own alpacas into an artful floor covering for you to keep. Materials are included and each student will learn about natural fibers, how felting works and many techniques to use when working with wool. Anyone who has an interest in fiber arts will enjoy this class. Experts and total beginners are welcome, any age! Parent/child teams are welcome to work together for the price of one.
Come and enjoy a day on the farm where you will meet the animals who donated their wool for your rug. Learn all about wool and different fiber producing livestock, and take away a new skill to use in your future fiber endeavors.
Minimum age
All ages welcome
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MORE ABOUT YOUR HOST
As a lover of farm life Karry has collected many animals! About 12 years ago she got her first alpaca which soon became 2 and then a family of 4! Karry dutifully collected fiber annually and finally decided to do something with it. She started to teach herself to felt. Seven years later and she has devoured all of the information she could find on all types of felting techniques and the history of them as well as learning the science behind the fiber and how it works to develope her own techniques that add a unique flavor to her work which has been admired and sold in many different counties. Years of trial and error and exhausted research gives Karry the ability to help her students skip the pitfalls and just enjoy a pretty finished product!
