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Julie Drogsvold
Julie Drogsvold
Julie Drogsvold
Julie has been raising fiber animals since middle school. Her college studies focused on Secondary Education and costume design. Raising fiber animals naturally led to spinning and weaving and then into teaching. Julie has taught throughout the United States, including Wisconsin Sheep & Wool festival and Oregon Flock & Fiber. Julie’s ranc
Julie has been raising fiber animals since middle school. Her college studies focused on Secondary Education and costume design. Raising fiber animals naturally led to spinning and weaving and then into teaching. Julie has taught throughout the United States, including Wisconsin Sheep & Wool festival and Oregon Flock & Fiber. Julie’s ranch, Tangled Yarn Farms, nestled in the Sky Islands of southern Arizona, specializes in Navajo heritage Angora goats, Angora rabbits and heirloom cottons. Her teaching style reflects her love of natural luxury fibers and joy in learning.
Jo Watts
Julie Drogsvold
Julie Drogsvold
Bio for Texas Fiber Festival 2024 - Focus on painting silk. A bit about myself: at age 5, I announced that I would be an artist and have never wavered from that decision; it wouldn’t have been possible! Traveling the world with my husband, Tom, and raising three sons fit right in with my plan. As a child, my focus was drawing and, as
Bio for Texas Fiber Festival 2024 - Focus on painting silk. A bit about myself: at age 5, I announced that I would be an artist and have never wavered from that decision; it wouldn’t have been possible! Traveling the world with my husband, Tom, and raising three sons fit right in with my plan. As a child, my focus was drawing and, as a teen, I discovered the 3-D world of clay. From there, found the colorful world of silk painting. That has become a passion ever since I visited Singapore and met and worked with Said Sarkasi, the “Baron of Batik”. Since then, I’ve modified the Batik process a bit. What I do now is much easier for students and for me; I have never had a student leave a class unhappy! I now live deep in the heart of Texas and love the life God has blessed me with. To Him I give all the glory! -Jo Watts
Marti Swanson
Julie Drogsvold
Marti Swanson
Marti Swanson is an award-winning artisan who has worked in a variety of media. Her discovery of felting and fiber arts brings together a melding of passions from sculpting, playing with color and the tactile art of creating. She is always curious and finds learning and experimenting to be a continual source of creative inspiration. Ma
Marti Swanson is an award-winning artisan who has worked in a variety of media. Her discovery of felting and fiber arts brings together a melding of passions from sculpting, playing with color and the tactile art of creating. She is always curious and finds learning and experimenting to be a continual source of creative inspiration. Marti’s approach to teaching is to encourage students to explore and discover while having fun. The reward is in seeing the excitement of students as they challenge themselves and succeed.
Karen Davis
Abigail Carter
Marti Swanson
Karen Davis has been a fiber enthusiast since 2000 and fiber artist since 2004. She specializes in spinning, weaving, wet-felting and needle-felting with fiber from her own animals including alpacas, angora rabbits and llamas. In addition, in homage to her Danish heritage, she creates one-of-a-kind Viking weave necklaces and bracelets w
Karen Davis has been a fiber enthusiast since 2000 and fiber artist since 2004. She specializes in spinning, weaving, wet-felting and needle-felting with fiber from her own animals including alpacas, angora rabbits and llamas. In addition, in homage to her Danish heritage, she creates one-of-a-kind Viking weave necklaces and bracelets with wire-wrapped semi-precious stones. Her love of animals and nature led her to a career teaching high school biology, specifically AP Biology. She is happy to discuss animals and/or biology with you!!
Abigail Carter
Abigail Carter
Abigail Carter
Abigail Carter learned how to knit & sew from her mother and spent class days annoying teachers by knowing the answer even when she was “goofing off” knitting with two pencils. She later taught herself to crochet, and enjoyed making amigurumi critters. For the last four years, she’s been honing her spinning skills, taught by a lovely frie
Abigail Carter learned how to knit & sew from her mother and spent class days annoying teachers by knowing the answer even when she was “goofing off” knitting with two pencils. She later taught herself to crochet, and enjoyed making amigurumi critters. For the last four years, she’s been honing her spinning skills, taught by a lovely friend, and is so chuffed with the hobby that she can’t wait to share her knowledge! When she’s not at the wheel or spindle, you might find her hoarding a growing stash of fibers in need of processing, weaving on vintage looms, fiddling about with woodworking, or teasing her gremlin cat, Roxie.
Isabel Ibarra
Abigail Carter
Abigail Carter
Isabel is the chairman of Handwork and Sewing with the Comal County Fair Association in New Braunfels, Texas and has judged crochet, sewing, and embroidery in Comal and Guadalupe counties. Teach sewing to youth and adults in and around New Braunfels has been one of ehr passions along with teaching adult serger classes, providing private consults in swing and teaching.
Jennifer Nimmrichter
Jennifer Nimmrichter
Jennifer Nimmrichter
Jennifer Nimmrichter is founder of The Sheepwalk Ranch which is home to Suzoo's Wool Works and The Sheepwalk Fiber Mill. She has over 14 years of experience as an indie dyer and fiber artist. The last 10 years have been dedicated to learning about fiber breeds, fiber arts and, newly added, how to process in the fiber mill. Her passion is
Jennifer Nimmrichter is founder of The Sheepwalk Ranch which is home to Suzoo's Wool Works and The Sheepwalk Fiber Mill. She has over 14 years of experience as an indie dyer and fiber artist. The last 10 years have been dedicated to learning about fiber breeds, fiber arts and, newly added, how to process in the fiber mill. Her passion is for community based projects that help preserve the history of the wool and mohair industry in the U.S., working with heritage breeds and creating a cooperative that is community centric. Students and Fiber Producers can book time in the mill to get a feeling for what it takes to raise wool and how to make it sustainable for future generations.
Darlene Curlee
Jennifer Nimmrichter
Darlene Curlee
Darlene stumbled upon the joy of weaving when she found a loom and natural yarn at an estate sale. Teaching herself to weave, it quickly turned into a passion. Creating unique wall hangings, she loves working with natural fibers including cotton cord which she also uses in macrame leaves. Her weavings are all one of a kind, created organi
Darlene stumbled upon the joy of weaving when she found a loom and natural yarn at an estate sale. Teaching herself to weave, it quickly turned into a passion. Creating unique wall hangings, she loves working with natural fibers including cotton cord which she also uses in macrame leaves. Her weavings are all one of a kind, created organically, with texture created from the various techniques and the variety of fiber thicknesses used. Darlene wants to share with you her love of weaving and fiber, to help you create your own piece of art and to discover for yourself the love of fiber art.
Ellen Baize
Joyce Hazlerig
Darlene Curlee
Ellen Baize took up sewing, knitting and crochet as a teen but never dreamed of spinning and weaving wool from a sheep until her parents brought the first know flock of Shetlands to Texas in 1991. She took spinning, weaving and dyeing lessons from a master fiber artist, Anna Scott, and developed a passion for the world of fiber arts. Now
Ellen Baize took up sewing, knitting and crochet as a teen but never dreamed of spinning and weaving wool from a sheep until her parents brought the first know flock of Shetlands to Texas in 1991. She took spinning, weaving and dyeing lessons from a master fiber artist, Anna Scott, and developed a passion for the world of fiber arts. Now as a shepherdess of Shetlands she loves breeding for lambs to sell, shearing her sheep and skirting fleeces to send to mills or to scour and spin. She keeps her hands busy with fiber arts projects using yarns hand dyed with natural dyes or yarns of many beautiful natural colors from her sheep. Knitting is a favorite pastime and Navaho style tapestry weaving an art form she is enthusiastic about sharing. Ellen loves to teach all ages the skills she has learned hoping that these wonderful arts will be preserved for future generations.
Joyce Hazlerig
Joyce Hazlerig
Joyce Hazlerig
Joyce Hazlerig started Needle Felting in 2008, in 2010 she won Living Felt’s Alice in Wonderland contest with her psychedelic Cheshire cat, who glows under black light! She teaches needle felting and fiber art workshops across the country. Most recently she has become a Sarafina Certified Instructor and her original winged dragon tutoria
Joyce Hazlerig started Needle Felting in 2008, in 2010 she won Living Felt’s Alice in Wonderland contest with her psychedelic Cheshire cat, who glows under black light! She teaches needle felting and fiber art workshops across the country. Most recently she has become a Sarafina Certified Instructor and her original winged dragon tutorial, “Here There Be Dragons” is featured on feltingtutorials.com a platform sponsored by Living Felt. Joyce is known for her fantasy woodland style, her creations come live with their own whimsical magic.
Joyce has demonstrated at various Renaissance Festivals and shows her creations at indie crafts throughout Texas. She is an instructor at DFW Fiber Festival and Texas Fleece and Fiber Festival.
She creates her art near Bastrop/Smithville Texas and lives in the piney woods with her husband and a bunch of talented musicians, mini goats and a variety of animals.
Sandy Lyda
Joyce Hazlerig
Joyce Hazlerig
Joyce Hazlerig started Needle Felting in 2008, in 2010 she won Living Felt’s Alice in Wonderland contest with her psychedelic Cheshire cat, who glows under black light! She teaches needle felting and fiber art workshops across the country. Most recently she has become a Sarafina Certified Instructor and her original winged dragon tutoria
Joyce Hazlerig started Needle Felting in 2008, in 2010 she won Living Felt’s Alice in Wonderland contest with her psychedelic Cheshire cat, who glows under black light! She teaches needle felting and fiber art workshops across the country. Most recently she has become a Sarafina Certified Instructor and her original winged dragon tutorial, “Here There Be Dragons” is featured on feltingtutorials.com a platform sponsored by Living Felt. Joyce is known for her fantasy woodland style, her creations come live with their own whimsical magic.
Joyce has demonstrated at various Renaissance Festivals and shows her creations at indie crafts throughout Texas. She is an instructor at DFW Fiber Festival and Texas Fleece and Fiber Festival.
She creates her art near Bastrop/Smithville Texas and lives in the piney woods with her husband and a bunch of talented musicians, mini goats and a variety of animals.
Katie Clark
Francoise Danoy
Francoise Danoy
Katie Clark has been crocheting and knitting for 30 years. For many years, she taught friends and family and anyone who would sit still long enough how to stitch. It finally occurred to her in 2009 to teach professionally and began offering classes at the Knit Studio in Jackson, Mississippi and the Bill Waller Craft Center in Ridgeland, M
Katie Clark has been crocheting and knitting for 30 years. For many years, she taught friends and family and anyone who would sit still long enough how to stitch. It finally occurred to her in 2009 to teach professionally and began offering classes at the Knit Studio in Jackson, Mississippi and the Bill Waller Craft Center in Ridgeland, Mississippi. She now teaches regionally and writes patterns as Katie Clark Crochet which are available at KatieClarkCrochet.com. Her first widely published pattern is available in the Spring 2019 issue of Interweave Crochet Magazine. She is a proud member of the Craftsmen’s Guild of Mississippi and Chimneyville Weavers and Spinners Guild. She lives in Madison, Mississippi with her husband, daughter, dachshund, two cats, and a ridiculous stash of yarn.
Francoise Danoy
Francoise Danoy
Francoise Danoy
Françoise, with a decade in the fiber industry as both a knitwear designer and design coach, blends her rich Franco-Māori heritage into her work, creating pieces that resonate globally through their beauty and narrative depth. Residing in San Antonio, Texas, she's not only a skilled creator but also a mentor, guiding others in unlocking t
Françoise, with a decade in the fiber industry as both a knitwear designer and design coach, blends her rich Franco-Māori heritage into her work, creating pieces that resonate globally through their beauty and narrative depth. Residing in San Antonio, Texas, she's not only a skilled creator but also a mentor, guiding others in unlocking their creative potential. Her multifaceted background informs her vibrant, textured designs and her approach to coaching, making her a sought-after voice in the fiber arts community.