Amy Tyler
Stone Sock Fibers
Education: BFA,
magna cum laude, Modern Dance, University of Utah 1978
MS, Kinesiology,
University of Washington 1984
PhD, Animal Physiology, University
of Arizona 1994
Fiber Arts Teaching
Experience (2010 – 2013)
Michigan Fiber Arts Symposium, Kalamazoo, MI 23-24 Mar 13
Creating the Yarn You Want
Blending Colors at the Wheel
Country Spinners & Bridge Shuttlers, Sault Ste Marie, MI 12-13 Jan 13
Spinning With Commercial Yarns
Shaping With Stitch Patterns
Fall Fiber Retreat, Boyne Falls, MI 10-11
Nov 12
Blending
Colors at the Wheel
Plying
for Texture
Michigan Handspinners Guild, Livonia, MI 1-2
Nov 12
Creating
the Yarn You Want
Blending
Colors at the Wheel
Spin-Off Autumn Retreat, Tahoe City,
CA 22-27
Oct 12
Spin-Knit
Nexus
Creating
the Yarn You Want
Mechanics
of Your Wheel
North Country Fiber Fair, Watertown, SD 14-16 Sep 12
Blending Colors at the Wheel
Spinning with Locks
Variations on Long Draw
Diversity of Wool
Wisconsin Sheep & Wool Festival, Jefferson, WI 7-9 Sep 12
Spinning with Locks
Spinning Super Stretchy Wools
Plying Balanced Yarns
Plying for Texture
Michigan Fiber Festival, Allegan, MI 15-18 Aug 12
Beginning Spinning at the Wheel
Knitting Petoskey Stone Medallions
Mechanics of Your Wheel
Spinning with Locks
Slip Stitch Knitting
Knitters Connection, Columbus, OH 15-17
Jun 12
Beginning
Spinning at the Wheel
Mechanics
of Your Wheel
Creating
the Yarn You Want
Spring Fiber Fling, Pickford, MI 19-20
May 12
Plying
for Texture
I
Heart Duplicate Stitch
Shepherd’s Harvest Sheep & Wool Festival, Lake Elmo, MN 12 May
12
Creating
the Yarn You Want
Fall Fiber Retreat, Boyne Falls, MI 12 Nov 11
Diversity
of Wool
Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair, Fletcher, NC 21-23
Oct 11
Diversity
of Wool
Mechanics
of Your Wheel
Plying
Balanced Yarns
Slip
Stitch Knitting
NYS Sheep & Wool Festival, Rhinebeck,
NY 13-16
Oct 11
Creating
the Yarn You Want
Spinning
With Commercial Yarns
Spinning
Marl Yarns
Mechanics
of Your Wheel
Spinning
With Silk Hankies
I-Cord
Edges and More!
Wisconsin Sheep & Wool Festival, Jefferson,
WI 9-11
Sep 11
Creating
the Yarns You Want
Spinning
& Knitting Goat Fibers
Spinning
Marl Yarns
Mechanics
of Your Wheel
Michigan Fiber Festival, Allegan, MI 17-19
Aug 11
Blending
Colors at the Wheel
Plying
for Texture
Plying
Balanced Yarns
Mechanics
of Your Wheel
Spinning
Marl Yarns
Midwest Weavers Conference 2011, Hancock, MI 20-25
Jun 11
Spin-Knit
Nexus
Beginning
Spinning
Blending
Colors at the Wheel
Spring Fiber Fling, Pickford, MI 14-15
May 11
Knitting
Petoskey Stone Medallions
Spinning
with Silk Hankies
Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MN 30
Apr – 1 May 11
Spinning
with Commercial Yarns
Plying
for Texture
Spinning
with Silk Hankies
Wisconsin Spin-In, Pewaukee, WI 8 Apr 11
Blending
Colors at the Wheel
Manasota Weavers Guild, Sarasota,
FL 11-12
Mar 11
Plying
for Texture
Spinning
with Silk Hankies
Spinning
with Commercial Yarns
fiber thing’s Winter Weekend Warm-up, Mishicot,
WI 4-6 Feb 11
Plying
for Texture
Plying
Balanced Yarns
Variations
on Long Draw
Fall Fiber Retreat, Boyne Falls, MI 20-21
Nov 10
Variations
on Long Draw
I-Cord
Edges and More!
NHA The Gathering 2010, West Dover,
VT 5-7
Nov 10
Variations
on Long Draw
Blending
Colors at the Wheel
Plying
for Texture
NYS Sheep & Wool Festival, Rhinebeck,
NY 14-17
Oct 10
Spinning
& Knitting Goat Fibers
Blending
Colors at the Wheel
Diversity
of Wool
Plying
Balanced Yarns
Variations
on Long Draw
Northern Michigan Lamb & Wool Festival, West Branch, MI 25-26
Sep 10
Creating
the Yarn You Want
Spinning
with Silk Hankies
Wisconsin Sheep & Wool Festival, Jefferson,
WI 10-12
Sep 10
Slip
Stitch Knitting
Plying
Balanced Yarns
Plying
for Texture
Spinning
with Commercial Yarns
Michigan Fiber Festival, Allegan, MI 18-20 Aug 10
Spinning
with Silk Hankies
I-Cord
Edges and More!
Slip
Stitch Knitting
Beginning
Spinning
Knitters Connection, Columbus, OH 17-19
Jun 10
Beginning
Spinning at the Wheel
I-Cord
Edges and More!
Diversity
of Wool
Slip
Stitch Knitting
Spring Fiber Fling, Pickford, MI 15-16
May 10
I-Cord
Edges and More!
Mechanics
of Your Wheel
Midwest Masters 2010, Neenah, WI 23-25
Apr 10
Spinning
with Commercial Yarns
Spinning
with Silk Hankies
Variations
on Long Draw
Mechanics
of Your Wheel
I-Cord
Edges and More!
Manasota Weavers Guild, Sarasota,
FL 27-28
Feb 10
Creating
the Yarn You Want
Blending
Colors at the Wheel
3rd Annual Fiber Arts Retreat, Traverse City, MI 5-7 Feb 10
Creating
the Yarn You Want
Fiber Arts Teaching
Experience (before 2010)
Country Spinners & Bridge Shuttlers, Sault Ste Marie, MI 31
Oct-1 Nov 09
NYS Sheep & Wool Festival, Rhinebeck,
NY 15-18
Oct 09
Northern Michigan Lamb & Wool Festival, West Branch, MI 26-27
Sep 09
Wisconsin Sheep & Wool Festival, Jefferson,
WI 11-13
Sep 09
Michigan Fiber Festival, Allegan, MI 12-14
Aug 09
Mid Atlantic Fiber Association Conference, Gettysburg, PA 31
Jul-2 Aug 09
Fiber Whims,
Chassell, MI 9-10
Jan 09
Northern Michigan Lamb & Wool Festival, West Branch, MI 27-28
Sep 08
Wisconsin Sheep & Wool Festival, Jefferson,
WI 5-7 Sep
08
Michigan Fiber Festival, Allegan, MI 13-15
Aug 08
Midwest Fiber & Folk Art Fair, Crystal Lake,
IL 19
Jul 08
Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MN 26-27
Apr 08
The Fiber Event, Greencastle, IN 11-12
Apr 08
Northern Michigan Lamb & Wool Festival, West Branch, MI 29-30
Sep 07
Michigan Fiber Festival, Allegan, MI 15-19
Aug 07
Midwest Fiber & Folk Art Fair, Crystal Lake,
IL 20-21
Jul 07
The Fiber Event, Greencastle, IN 13-14
Apr 07
Northern Michigan Lamb & Wool Festival, West Branch, MI 30
Sep 06
Michigan Fiber Festival, Allegan, MI 17-19
Aug 06
Fiber Arts
Publications
“A Study in Zig.” (2012) Spin-Off
Presents: 8 Handspun Scarves to Felt,
Knit, and Weave. (e book) http://www.interweavestore.com/Spinning/Books/Spin-Off-Presents-8-Handspun-Scarves-eBook.html
“3 X 3 = 10 Shawl” (2011) Spin-Off,
Volume XXXV, Fall 2011, pp76-79.
“A Study in Zig. Three
energized-singles scarves” (2011) Interweave Knit & Spin, Special
Issue 2011, pp 100-104.
“Debunking the Wraps-per-Inch Myth”,
(2010) Spin-Off, Volume XXXIV, Fall 2010, pp 32-34.
“Blending Colors at the Wheel”, (2008)
Spin-Off, Volume XXXII, Winter 2008, pp36-39.
“The Positives of Predrafting”
(2008) Fiberline Magazine, Michigan Fiber Festival Inc., pp54-55.
“Travel to Atlantis: From Roving to
Shawl” (2007) Fiberline Magazine, Michigan Fiber Festival Inc., Vol 11,
Issue 1, pp41-42.
“Knitting and My Brain” (2007) Creative Spirit Center
Newsletter, Spring 2007, p7.
“A Study in Zig. Six
Energized-Singles Scarves” (2006) Spin-Off, Volume XXX, Spring 2006,
pp58-64.
“La Grande Traverse” (2005) Knit Lit
The Third: We Spin More Yarns, Roghaar L, Wolf M (eds), Three Rivers Press,
New York, pp77-78.
Fiber Arts
Presentations
“The Making of Woolen and Worsted
Yarns”, Northland Weaving & Fiber Arts Guild, Traverse City, April 19, 2012.
“The Value of Process”, Duluth Fiber Handcrafters Guild, Duluth, MN,
April 29, 2011.
“I-Cords and I-Cord Edges”,
Northland Weavers Guild, Traverse City,
MI, May 20, 2010.
“Slip Stitch Knitting”, Close Knit
in LeelanauCounty Knitters Guild, Cedar, MI,
November 10, 2009.
“Exploring Slip Stitch Knitting”,
Madison Knitting Guild, Madison,
WI, September 8, 2008.
“The Wide World of Wool” Weavers
Guild of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, MI,
April 14, 2008.
“Knitted Lace” Northland Weavers
Guild, Traverse City, MI, September 20, 2007.
“Spinning Wool into Yarn” Glen Lake
Woman’s Club, Burdickville,
MI, August 2, 2006.
“The Wide World of Wool” CreativeSpiritCenter, Midland, MI,
June 4, 2006.
“The Wide World of Wool” Northland
Weavers Guild, Traverse City,
MI, May 18, 2006.
“Northern Knitting: A Comparison of
Icelandic, Fair Isle, Norwegian, Bohus, Latvian, and Estonian Color
Techniques”, Omaha Weavers and Spinners Guild, Omaha, NE,
March 12, 2003.
Fiber Arts Judging
Skein Competition, NYS Sheep & Wool Festival, Rhinebeck, NY 16 Oct 09
Skein Competition, Michigan Fiber Festival, Allegan, MI 15
Aug 09
Skein Competition, Michigan Fiber Festival, Allegan, MI 16
Aug 08
Skein Competition, Michigan Fiber Festival, Allegan, MI 18
Aug 07
Fiber Arts Awards/Honors
The Knitting Guild Association Award, “Petosegay – Sunbeams of Promise”, 30 May 09
Fiber
Celebration 2009, Northern Colorado Weavers Guild, Loveland, CO
Blue Ribbon
for skein of Jacob lamb wool 19
Aug 06
Two-ply
division, Michigan Fiber Festival, Allegan,
MI
White Ribbon
for skein of Romney/Border Leicester/Coopworth wool 19 Aug 06
Three-ply
division, Michigan Fiber Festival, Allegan,
MI
White Ribbon
for skein of Merino wool knot yarn 19
Aug 06
Novelty
yarn division, Michigan Fiber Festival, Allegan,
MI
White Ribbon
for skein of Coopworth wool 19
Aug 06
Singles
division, Michigan Fiber Festival, Allegan,
MI
First Place in Spin a Grand Strand
Exhibit, “Terrarium” 28
Jun 06 HGA
Convergence 2006, Grand Rapids,
MI
Honorable Mention in Spin a Grand Strand Exhibit,
“S’mores” 28
Jun 06
HGA
Convergence 2006, Grand Rapids,
MI
Sock Competition Winner, commercial yarn/hand knitted category 24 Sep 05
Northern Michigan Lamb & Wool Festival, West
Branch, MI
Blue Ribbon
for skein of Merino/Alpaca/American bison down, 20
Aug 05
Three-ply division, Michigan Fiber
Festival, Allegan, MI
Red Ribbon
for skein of Romney,
Two-ply division, Michigan Fiber
Festival, Allegan, MI 20
Aug 05
White Ribbon
for skein of Targhee,
Two-ply division, Michigan Fiber
Festival, Allegan, MI 20
Aug 05
Judge’s Choice Ribbon and Blue Ribbon
for skein of Blue-Faced Leicester, 21
Aug 04
Two-ply division, Michigan Fiber
Festival, Allegan, MI
Judge’s ChoiceRibbon and Red Ribbon for skein of Kid Mohair, 21 Aug 04
Two-ply
division, Michigan Fiber Festival, Allegan,
MI
Blue Ribbon
for “Chocolate and Vanilla”, a scarf, Fiber Arts Competition, 21 Aug 04
Michigan Fiber Festival, Allegan, MI
Division Ribbon and Blue Ribbon (100/100) for
"Rectangular Shawl". 31
May 03
Heart of America
Sheep Show and Fiber Fest, Nevada,
MO
Division
VII Knitted Articles Using Handspun Yarn; Class B Original Design;
Subclass
5 Blankets, Afghans, Scarves and Shawls.
Blue Ribbon
(100/100) for "Skinny Silk Scarf". 31
May 03
Heart of America
Sheep Show and Fiber Fest, Nevada,
MO
Division
VII Knitted Articles Using Handspun Yarn; Class B Original Design;
Subclass
5 Blankets, Afghans, Scarves and Shawls.
Participation in Juried and By-Invitation Exhibits
Rare Threads – Eclectic Meanderings,
East Jordan, MI Oct – Nov, 10
“Petosegay
– Sunbeams of Promise”, wall hanging
Fiber Celebration 2009, Northern
Colorado Weavers Guild, Loveland, CO May
– Jul 09
“Petosegay
– Sunbeams of Promise”, wall hanging
The Midwest Fiber & Folk Fine
Arts Show, Crystal Lake, IL Jul
07
“Dream
in Green”, hand knitted shawl
FiberPlay II From These Hands, CreativeSpiritCenter, Midland, MI Jun – Aug 07
“Check
Mate”, hand knitted lace shawl
“Garden
Party”, hand knitted pillow
Spin a Grand Strand, HGA Convergence
2006, Grand Rapids, MI Jun
– Jul 06
“Terrarium”,
cabled yarn of bombyx silk and Optim
“S’mores”,
3-ply yarn of alpaca, merino, and American bison down
“Burning
Embers”, knot yarn of merino
FiberPlay, CreativeSpiritCenter,
Midland, MI Jun
– Aug 06
“A
Year in the Life of a Sunflower”, handspun, handknitted frame;
color
photograph
“The
Other Side of the Diamond”, handspun, handknitted scarf
“Worm
Migration”, hand knitted pillow
“Patches
of Purple”, handspun, hand knitted sweater
Rare Threads With Another Twist,
Jordan River Arts Council, East Jordan, MI Mar – Apr 06
“Garden Party”,
hand knitted pillow