Fiber Arts Teaching Experience (2017 – 2020)
 
Lost Art Yarn Shoppe, Traverse City, MI
March 6, 2020
      Knitting Petoskey Stone Medallions

Red Stone Glen Fiber Arts Center, York Haven, PA
November 15-16, 2019
      Spinning Wools of North America

Sleeping Bear Fiber Retreat, Lake Ann, MI
November 1-3, 2019
      Variations on Long Draw
      Exploring Basic Slip Stitches

Ontario Handweavers and Spinners MAKEOVER 2019, Woodstock, ON
October 17-20, 2019
      Spinning with Commercial Yarns
      Plying for Texture
      Spinning Marl Yarns
      Spinning with Silk Hankies

Wisconsin Sheep & Wool Festival, Jefferson, WI
September 5-8, 2019
      Creating the Yarn You Want
      The Basics of Flick Carding
      Mechanics of Your Wheel
      Spinning with Commercial Yarns
      Blending Board: Basics and More

Michigan Fiber Festival, Allegan, MI
August 14-18, 2019
      Beginning Spinning on the Wheel
      Spinning with Locks
      Knitting Ribs and Welts
      The Surprising Yarn-Over

Spring Fiber Fling, Pickford, MI
May 17-19, 2019 
      Basics of Flick Carding
      Sampler of Silk Spinning
      Cast On and Bind Off for Lace Knitting

PLY Away 4, Kansas City, MO
April 9-13, 2019
      Basics of Flick Carding
      Spinning with Silk Hankies
      Spinning Marl Yarns
      Blending Board: Basics and More
      Beginning Spinning on the Wheel

Florida Tropical Weavers Guild Annual Conference, Leesburg, FL
March 14-17, 2019
      Circles & Polygons: Knitting Petoskey Stone Medallions
      Playing with Plying

Greater Lansing Spinning & Fiber Guild, Williamston, MI
February 9, 2019
      Spinning with Silk Hankies
      Plying for Texture

Nutmeg Spinners Guild, West Hartford, CT
February 2-3, 2019
      Blending Colors at the Wheel
      Creating the Yarn You Want

Northeast Handspinners Association The Gathering, Nashua, NH
November 2-4, 2018
      Mechanics of Your Wheel
      Basics of Flick Carding
      Plying for Texture

Michigan Handspinners Guild, Livonia, MI
October 4, 2018
      Spinning for a Knitting Project

Wisconsin Sheep & Wool Festival, Jefferson, WI
September  7-9, 2018
      Blending Board: Basics and More
      Variations on Long Draw
      Plying for Texture
      Blending Board: Basics and More

Michigan Fiber Festival, Allegan, MI
August 15-18, 2018
      Variations on Long Draw
      Variations on Short Draw
      Beginning Spinning on the Wheel
      Blending Board: Basics and More
      Mechanics of Your Wheel

Black Swamp Spinners Guild, Elmore, OH
June 2-3, 2018
      Blending Colors at the Wheel
      Variations on Long Draw
      Ply This Way, Ply That Way

Great Lakes Fiber Show, Wooster, OH
May 26-27, 2018
      Variations on Long Draw
      Spinning Luxury: Cashmere, Camel, and More

Spring Fiber Fling, Pickford, MI
May 19, 2018
      Knitting Ribs and Welts

Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MN
May 5-6, 2018
      Blending Colors at the Wheel
      Creating the Yarn You Want

Holey Toledo Knitting Guild, Sylvania, OH
April 21, 2018
      Extended and Manipulated Slip Stitches
      I-Cord Edges and More!

Country Spinners & Bridge Shuttlers, Sault Ste Marie, MI
February 17-18, 2018
      Beginning Spinning on the Wheel
      Plying Balanced Yarns
      Plying for Texture

Cindy’s Northern Crafts, Petoskey, MI
September 29 – October 1, 2017
      I-Cord Edges and More!
      Knitting Petoskey Stone Medallions
      The Surprising Yarn-Over

Wisconsin Sheep & Wool Festival, Jefferson, WI
September 8-10, 2017
      Woolen-Worsted Continuum
      Blending Board: Basics and More

Michigan Fiber Festival, Allegan, MI
August 16-19, 2017
      Beginning Spinning at the Wheel
      Knitting Petoskey Stones
      Diversity of Wool
      Creating the Yarn You Want

MidAtlantic Fiber Association Conference 2017, Millersville, PA
July 20-23, 2017
      Woolen-Worsted Continuum

Midwest Weavers Conference, Indianapolis, IN
June 16-17, 2017
      Blending Colors at the Wheel
      Creating the Yarn You Want

Great Lakes Fiber Show, Wooster, OH
May 27-28, 2017
      Diversity of Wool
      Beginning Spindle Spinning
      Spinning with Silk Hankies

Spring Fiber Fling, Pickford, MI
May 19-21, 2017
      Variations on Long Draw
      I-Cord Edges and More!

Fiber Arts Teaching Experience (2007 – 2016)

​Interlochen Fiber Arts Weekend, Interlochen, MI, 2016
PLY Away, Kansas City, MO, 2016
Madison Knitters’ Guild Annual Knit-In, Madison, WI, 2016
Eastern Great Lakes Fiber Conference, Chautauqua, NY, 2015
Sauder Village Fiber Arts Fest, Archbold, OH, 2015, 2016
Panoply 2015, Burlington, Ontario, Canada, 2015
Interlochen College of Creative Arts, Interlochen, MI, 2015, 2016
Lighthouse Knitters Spring Spinning Retreat, St. Joseph, MI,  2015, 2016
Fiber Arts Weekend, Interlochen, MI, 2014
Fibre Fallout 2014, Johnsonburg, NJ, 2014
Great Lakes Fiber Ranch, Maple City, MI, 2014, 2015
Western Reserve Spinners & Weavers Guild, Kirtland, OH, 2014
Anchorage Weavers and Spinners Guild, Anchorage, AK, 2014
Fall Fiber Retreat, Boyne Falls, MI, 2010 - 2016
Yarn in the Barn, Caledonia, MI, 2013, 2014
Wisconsin Sheep & Wool Festival, Jefferson, WI, 2008 - 2016
Michigan Fiber Festival, Allegan, MI, 2007 - 2016
Shepherd’s Harvest Sheep & Wool Festival, Lake Elmo, MN, 2012 - 2014
Spin-Off Autumn Retreat, 2012, 2013
Sunrise Spinning Guild, Comins, MI, 2013                                                            
Mid Atlantic Fiber Association Conference, Gettysburg, PA, 2009, 2013, 2015
Spring Fiber Fling, Pickford, MI, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016
Greater Los Angeles Spinning Guild, Los Angeles, CA, 2013
Michigan Fiber Arts Symposium, Kalamazoo, MI, 2013
Midwest Masters, Neenah, WI, 2010, 2013
Country Spinners & Bridge Shuttlers, Sault Ste Marie, MI, 2009, 2013, 2015
Michigan Handspinners Guild, Livonia, MI, 2012
North Country Fiber Fair, Watertown, SD, 2012
Knitters Connection, Columbus, OH, 2010, 2012
Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair, Fletcher, NC, 2011
NYS Sheep & Wool Festival, Rhinebeck, NY, 2009 – 2011
Midwest Weavers Conference 2011, Hancock, MI, 2011
Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MN, 2008, 2011
Manasota Weavers Guild, Sarasota, FL, 2010, 2011
NHA The Gathering 2010, West Dover, VT, 2010
Northern Michigan Lamb & Wool Festival, West Branch, MI, 2007 - 2010
Fiber Whims, Chassell, MI, 2009
The Fiber Event, Greencastle, IN, 2007, 2008

Fiber Arts Publications                                                                                
“Trekking Socks” (2020) Spin Off, Volume XLIII, Number 4, Winter 2020, pp58-61.

“Tulle and Tools for the Blending Board” (2019) Spin Off, Volume XLIII, Number 3, Fall 2019, pp46-49.

“Spin it! Together Again Vest” (2019) PLY Magazine, Issue 24, Spring 2019, pp76-79.

“Knit it! Together Again Vest” (2019) PLY Magazine, Issue 24, Spring 2019, pp81-86.

“Spinning & Knitting with Silk Hankies” (2019) Spin Off, Volume XLIII, Number 1, Spring 2019, pp40-41.

“Wild Water Silk Scarf” (2019) Spin Off, XLIII, Number 1, Spring 2019, pp42-43.

“Merino Blends: Taking Advantage of Fiber Characteristics.” (2019) Interweave Knits, Volume XXIV, Number 1, Spring 2019, pp12-14.

“Getting Ready for Makeover 2019.” (2018) Fibre Focus, Volume 61, Number 4, Winter 2018, pp12-15.

“3-D Effects with Energized Singles.” (2018) Spin Off, Volume XLII, Spring 2018, pp68-72.

“Energized Cinder Blocks Cowl.” (2018) Spin Off, Volume XLII, Spring 2018, pp74-77.

“Mittens from the Mitten State.” (2018) Spin Off, Volume XLI, Winter 2018, pp50-52.

“Making Choices by Weight.” (2017) Spin Off, Volume XLI, Summer 2017, pp84-86.

“Ask a Spinning Teacher. Wheel Configuration.” (2017). Spin Off, Volume XL, Winter 2017, pp20-22.

“Stone & Fire Cowl” (2016) Spin + Knit, a special issue from Interweave, pp65, 68.

“Spin It! Pseudo Bouclé” (2016) PLY Magazine, Issue 14, Autumn 2016, pp46-49.
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“Ask a Spinning Teacher. Numbers.” (2016) Spin Off, Volume XL, Fall 2016, pp22-24.

“Spin It! Lumberjack Yarn.” (2016) PLY Magazine, Issue 13, June 2016, pp86-90.

“Ask a Spinning Teacher. How to Avoid Overtwisted Yarn.” (2016) Spin-Off, Volume XL, Summer 2016, pp22-23.

“Ask a Spinning Teacher. Moving the Mother-of-All.” (2016) Spin-Off, Volume XL, Spring 2016, pp26-28.

“Ask a Spinning Teacher. Plying for Balance.” (2016) Spin-Off, Volume XXXIX, Winter 2016, pp24-26.

“The Last of Lucy. A Christmas Stocking.” (2016) Spin-Off, Volume XXXIX, Winter 2016, pp92-95.

“Ask a Spinning Teacher. Improving Consistency.” (2015) Spin-Off, Volume XXXIX, Fall 2015, pp22-24.

“Bugs and Wraps. Break Plying Rules for Subtle Texture.” (2015) Spin-Off, Volume XXXIX, Fall 2015, pp68-71.

“Rug Hooking With Stash. Something Old, Something New.” (2015) Spin-Off, Volume XL, Spring 2015, pp88-92.

“Spin It! Holiday Inkle Band” (2014) PLY Magazine, Issue 7, December 2014, pp62-63.

“Weave It! Holiday Inkle Band” (2014) PLY Magazine, Issue 7, December 2014, pp64-65.

“Wool into Stone Afghan” (2015) Spin-Off, Volume XXXIX, Winter 2015, pp82-86.

“Quick on the Uptake” (2014) Spin-Off, Volume XXXIX, Fall 2014, pp56-59.

“Spin It! Mastering Mawata/Spinning Silk Hankies” (2014) PLY Magazine, Issue 4, Spring 2014, pp54-57.

“Spin It! Best of Both Worlds Fingerless Mitts” (2014) PLY Magazine, Issue 4, Spring 2014, p58.

“Knit It! Best of Both Worlds Fingerless Mitts” (2014) PLY Magazine, Issue 4, Spring 2014, pp59-61.

“Spin It! Lopi Style Singles Using Point-of-Contact Long Draw” (2013) PLY Magazine, Issue 3, Winter 2013, pp22-27.

“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.
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“La Grande Traverse” (2005) Knit Lit The Third: We Spin More Yarns, Roghaar L, Wolf M (eds), Three Rivers Press, New York, pp77-78.