Teacher Registry

Elizabeth Armstrong

elizaclaire(at) optusnet.com.au, www.elizabeth-armstrong.blogspot.com, www.frostfair.etsy.com

Melbourne, Australia

Felting

Michelle Snowdon
BA(Visual Arts)

workshops ( at) wooldancer.com
http://www.wooldancer.com
http://wooldancer.etsy.com
twitter & Ravelry username: wooldancer

Sydney, Australia

Creative Spinning & Fibre Lab teacher (1-3 day programs): Art Yarn Wheel Spinning; Batt Lab (fibre prep); Dye Lab (wool dyeig). Creative Improvisation is my specialty! Individual & Group Classes in Australia & beyond.

Laurie Goldiuk

fibre(at)theblacklamb.ca, www.theblacklamb.ca, 905-885-0190

Port Hope , Ontario, Canada

teacher of spinning, fibre prep, knitting, weaving, and felting

Leslie Ordal

slipstreamfiberarts.wordpress.com, lordal(at)gmail.com

Ottawa, Ontario; Montreal, Quebec

Spinning, Fiber Prep

Heidi Granville

905.493.0357

Ontario Canada

Spinning

Alison Daykin

http://spinningandweaving.weebly.com

UK

Award winning textile designer and co-author of Creative Spinning, teaches spinning, weaving, dyeing, and kumihimo workshops all over the UK and Europe.

Jane Deane

www.janedeane.co.uk

South West of the UK, on Dartmoor and Duchy Square Centre for Creativity, Princetown

Co-author of Creative Spinning, teaches spinning, weaving, dyeing and textile design in the UK and abroad.

Betty Ann Lloyd

334-202-3965, bafolklorist(at) gmail.com

Montgomery, AL

spinning, knitting, basket making, net making, filet lace and needle tatting, weaving

Kim Buchheit

928.638.2205, Kim(at)BuchheitCreative.com, www.WildlyWoolly.com

Grand Canyon, AZ

Wet-felting and needle-felting techniques for beginners

Donna Kaplan

Grandma’s Spinning Wheel in Tucson AZ

Tucson, AZ

I have been spinning since 1974 , have been teaching since the late 70’s
Spindles or wheel, I also knit, weave, crochet, dye, felt, if it has anything to do with fiber my hands are on it.

Kathryn Bernard

Zephrbabe(at)aol.com, (415)531-6532

San Francisco,CA

Knitting, beginner spinning

Sandra D. Carter

hestia22(at) yahoo.com,

www.yarnivore.blogspot.com www.blackgingham.etsy.com

Long Beach, CA

knitting

Melissa Harris

humohr(at)mac(dot)com, teaches at http://www.warnermtnweavers.com

Cedarville, CA

Spinning (Beginning, Continuing Wheel Spinning)
Knitting (Beginning, Continuing, Project Specific Courses, Color, Cables, other Techniques)
Felted Projects, Beginning Rigid Heddle Weaving

Susan Italo

Susan(at) wildonionstudio.com, (805) 746-0186, http://wildonionstudio.com

Southern CA

Trapped fiber technique, art collage, weaving on sewing machine, and much more

Debra W. Taylor, DVM, PhD

anansispins(at) yahoo.com, UC Davis Craft Center

Davis, CA

Spinning, weaving, tablet weaving,

Pat Ciesla

OMAKNITS(at) aol.com

Fort Collins, Colorado

spinning, weaving, basketry, knitting, crochet, stitchery, silk ribbon embroidery, basic sewing

Jenny Bannock

Divinebird(at)gmail.com

Windsor Locks,CT

Knitting, spinning, crochet, lecturer and textile programs, individual and group classes

Peggy Church

peggychurch(at) earthlink.net

Chaplin, CT

Spinning: beg and up, weaving: most levels

Jenny Fields

Country Yarns, 203-269-6662, email jennyct13 at yahoo.com for private lessons, http://jennyfieldsfiber.com

Wallingford, CT

Crochet, wet felting techniques, and art yarn spinning, private lessons available

Faith Wight

Country Yarns, 203-269-6662

Wallingford, CT

Master knitter-she teaches knitting and spinning

Rebecca Aldrich Bowen

sockgoddess(at) hotmail.com,

http://sunshineknitdesigns.com

Saint Augustine, FL

knitting

Ginger Clark

gingclark(at) yahoo.com

Gainesville, Florida

Spinning, knitting 2, sweater design including writing the pattern, weaving soon

Michael A. Keach

mike.keach(at)gmail.com

Tampa, Florida

Internationally recognized author & master of various fibre arts including spindle/wheel/charkha spinning, knitting, weaving, Naalbinding, etc.

Lorie McCombie

352-726-7183, afuzzyfarm@yahoo.com

Floral City, Florida

I teach spinning, weaving and needle felting among other fiber arts.

Barbara Moff

330-774-7703,

Ouricmoff(at) aol.com

Lakeland, FL

Spindle spinning, wheel maintenance, plying, wet and needle felting

Jennie Wood

Jennie(at)newvoyager.com or 229-227-1322

Thomasville, GA

Spinning (beginning, intermediate, advanced, dog hair spinning), rigid heddle weaving, special effects on the rigid heddle loom, dyeing, crochet

Elizabeth May

PM at Ravelry. ID MamaMay

Wahiawa, Hawaii

Knitting, crochet

Lonna Alexander-Steele

perseides2010@yahoo.com

McCall, Idaho and Walla Walla, Washington

Subjects include basic spinning to core spinning and novelty yarns, weighted warp looms and off loom weaving, color theory to the use of color in design.

Betty Burian Kirk

betty(at) bbkirk.com,

www.bbkirk.com

IL

Spinning, felting, weaving

Vera Videnovich

videnovichfarms(at) gmail.com

Chicago, IL

knitting, spinning, Babe rentals,

Anne Bird

info(at) CampionHouse.com

Louisville, KY

Knitting, weaving

Roxann Milby

http://bookworm-silkworm.blogspot.com/

Radcliff, KY

Crochet, shuttle and needle tatting, spinning

June Potere

Spinning A Yarn with Ewe, LLC, 1-859-985-8961

Berea, KY

Drop Spindle Spinning, Wheel Spinning

Stephanie Stratton

859-608-5419, Lunabud74 (at) roadrunner dot com,

http://Lunabudknits.etsy.com

Nicholasville, KY

Beginning Spinning , Hand Painted Dying, Drum Carding for Art Batts and the Diz, groups and individual lessons

Lorain Pettit

lpettit(at) insightbb.com, 859-496-2328

Northern KY

knitting, spinning, weaving, dyeing

Bev Madere

504-436-4691, bmadere(at) agctr.lsu.edu

New Orleans, LA

spindle spinning, basic weaving and knitting

New Orleans
Weavers Guild

www.nowg.org

New Orleans, LA

Fiber education programs

Sheryl Amaral,
Spin-A-Bit

508-946-3343, www.spinabit.com,

jaamaral(at) aol.com

Middleboro, MA

spinning, felting, knitting, weaving and crochet

Judy Goodwin

knitgood(at)comcast.net, www.knitgood.net, 781-294-4556

Hanson, Massachusetts

spinning, weaving, knitting and machine knitting

Lucy Lee

http://www.mindseyeyarns.com/, (617) 354-7253 lucy(at) mindseyeyarns.com

Cambridge, MA

Knitting, spinning

Paula Roberts

paulainrevere(at) yahoo.com

Revere, MA

spinning, knitting, crochet

Linda Scharf

linda(at) stoneleafmoon.com 781.449.2940 http://stoneleafmoon.com

Boston, MA

“out there spinning”, basic spindle spinning, and spinning inventive yarns on spindles

Josette at

Enchanted Knoll Farm

Jam(at)enchantedknoll.org

Central Maine

Spinning, knitting, needle felting

Beth Smith

Spinning Loft, bethsmithpink(at) sbcglobal.net

Howell, MI

All levels of spinning. Will travel.

Shelley Hermanson

spinteacher2000(at) yahoo.com

Minneapolis, MN

Beginner spinning and knitting

Wendy J. Johnson

www.sagahill.com

Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN area

All levels of knitting, spinning, and dyeing. Also a fiber arts author.

Brenda Harrower

brharrower(at)hotmail.com

Vicksburg, MS

Teaching knitting for 30 years. Certified by Nat’l Yarn Council.

Jacey Boggs

http://www.insubordiknit.com, jacey(at)insubordiknit.com

Missouri

2 day workshops on art yarn spinning; the evolution of texture in yarn, and one day classes in individual techniques (coils, boucle, corespinning)

Denise Jackson of Jackson Spinners

meagi1(at)bresnan.net

Great Falls, MT

Spinning – all levels of spinning (inc. novelty yarns), knitting (3 styles), rigid heddle weaving, Fiber Arts Judge

Lisa McKay Joslin

lisamilem357(at) aol.com

Troy (Albany), NY

knitting and spinning to children and adults

Alanna Wilcox

alanna7181(at) hotmail.com (PM Spinnybuns through Ravelry)

Rochester, NY

Spinning (beginner, intermediate, novelty, how to spin cotton, spinning for a project, and color theory), knitting, felting, crazy quilting, embroidery, Russian punch needle techniques, fiber preparation, and dyeing

Esther Edelheit

jazzturtle(at) nc.rr.com or (convo through www.jazzturtle.etsy.com)

Mebane (near Greensboro/ Winston-Salem/Chapel Hill/ Raleigh /Durham), NC

art yarn spinning and carding art batts

Nancy Shroyer

knitter(at)mindspring.com, www.nancysknitknacks.com

Cary NC

beginning spinning, spinning for a purpose and designing, and
spindle spinning. I also teach 10 other subjects in knitting and dyeing. I
have taught for SOAR, Stitches, Michigan Fiber Festival, John c Campbell, NY
sheep & Wool, Maryland sheep & Wool, Midwest Fiber and Folk Art Fair, SAFF,
and many shops and guilds.

Barbara Moff

330-774-7703,

Ouricmoff(at) aol.com

Canfield, OH

Spindle spinning, wheel maintenance, plying, wet and needle felting

Heart of Ohio Spinners

http://spinanon.com/heartofohio/heartofohio.htm

Marysville,OH

Spinning group

Pamela MacGregor

419-832-3001, www.tarveycottagestudio.com

McClure Ohio

Wet felting, needle felting, book making/binding

Mitzi Ross

mitziross1(at) aol.com,

www.goodnewsllamas.com

Chesapeake, Ohio

handspindle, wheel, plying techniques, and basic fiber processing.

Carol McFadden

carol_mcfadden(at) verizon.net,

www.feistywomandesigns.etsy.com

Pittsburgh, PA

Individual lessons and workshops in spinning

Caron Wilson, Freehaven Farm, Ltd

www.freehavenfarm. com, freehavenfarm(at)mac.com, fiberpharmer on Ravelry

Simpsonville, SC

spinning (spindle, wheel), weaving (RH, inkle, tablet), needle and wet felting, fiber prep, rug hooking

Beth Bohnert

b(at)mtnhollow.com, 423-869-8927, http://mountainhollowfarm.blogspot.com

Tazewell , TN (1 hour north of Knoxville)

knitting, crochet & spinning

Pamela Kite

pjkite(at) yahoo.com

Tennessee/Eastern Kentucky/Western North Carolina

Spindling 101. Handspinning 101, Handspinning 201, Spinning for lace, sock knitting, Gloves that fit, sweaters that fit, shuttle tatting 101, adv. tatting

Molly Poremski

mollyporemski(at)gmail.com

Nashville, TN

Lessons for spindling and spinning on wheels

Caroline Schuster

stilbeyn(at)gmail.com, (713)823-9930, www.etsy.com/shop/stilbecreations

Houston, TX

I can teach or demo spinning on the spindle and spinning wheel, and teach art yarns.

Knitting Guild of Tidewater, Glouster County, Virginia

Contact: Dee Smith at fuz3614(at) cox.net

Glouster County, Tidewater, Virginia

Basic knitting, every Tuesday at the Glouster Library, 1:30-4:30

Leah Adams

www.spiderfelt.com

Seattle, WA

Felting

Lonna Alexander-Steele

perseides2010@yahoo.com

McCall, Idaho and Walla Walla, Washington

Subjects include basic spinning to core spinning and novelty yarns, weighted warp looms and off loom weaving, color theory to the use of color in design.

Carol Combelic, Fibermaniac From Ewe to You

360-721-1930, cacombe1(at)comcast.net, www.fibermaniac.etsy.com

Vancouver, Washington

Spindle spinning, Beginning Spinning wheel, Fiber Prep

Amelia Garripoli

ask(at) thebellwether.com,

http://www.thebellwether.com/

Port Angeles, WA

spindling, spinning, fiber preparation, and dyeing

Roxanne Lewis

HomeSpun Alpacas, 425.345.7765, alpacamom on Ravelry, homespunalpacas.com

Lake Stevens, WA

Spinning, beginning knitting including sock and mitten/glove
knitting, alpaca husbandry and triangle loom weaving

Vicky Lee McGarrity

www.littlerascalsfarm.com,

k2p2ssk(at) centurytel.net, 360-638-2909

Hansville WA

Knitting, machine knitting, crochet, basic weaving,twinning and rug weaving, macramé, spinning

Samantha Richardson

drake2k(at)msn.com

Bellingham, WA

Knitting, spinning

Andrea Minicozzi

andrea(at)arare-breed.net, 304.270.8154, www.arare-breed.net

Eastern Panhandle, WV

Drop Spindle Spinning, Intro Wheel Spinning, raw fiber handling, preparation, carding, sheep husbandry at LYS or individual

Leigh Dudenhoeffer

Leigh(at) frozentundrafiberarts.com,

http://www.frozentundrafiberarts.com

Green Bay, WI

Spinning, knitting, crochet, tatting, needle lace, RHL and small loom weaving

Talia Sommer

tsommer(at) internationalfleeces.com

Laramie, WY

spinning