Hello everyone! As you know, we held our annual Felt Fest a few weekends ago (if you want to see pictures of the festivities, click here). We continue to hold this event year after year (this year was our sixth Felt Fest!) because it’s a whirlwind of creativity. With three, or four, workshops happening simultaneously, and students buzzing in and out of the shop it brings an extra energy to the Thimble that we don’t see very often. In order to prepare for the three-days and ten workshops, we needed to stock a lot of inventory, including our hand carded batts.
Me (Hannah), and my mom (Sharon) spent two full evenings after work cranking our right arms round and round and round. If you’re a fiber fanatic like we are, and you’ve never used a carder, you need to. It is so fun. Adding roving, nylon, silk to the carder and producing a cotton-candy pouf of soft, blended color, is oddly relaxing and get’s your brain all fired up and thinkin’ about color. It’s a blast.
Our carders (we have three in all) are made by Clemes & Clemes. They’re a father and son duo in Pinole, California and they’ve been hand making spinning wheels, carders, and other quality spinning products since 1970. Family business? Handmade? Local? Check, check and check. We’re super excited to say that we’re working on hosting them for a carding workshop in the spring of 2018, and we want to know who would be interested in attending. Please comment below to let us know if you are!
WORKSHOPS ARE SCHEDULED for May 5 & 6. Click Here for more details.
Yes!!! I would definitely be interested in a carding workshop/class!
Hello Kristi!
The workshops with Clemes & Clemes can be found at this link: https://www.thetinthimble.com/classes/?ai1ec=action~posterboard|request_format~html|cat_ids~331
Give us a call at 916-652-2134 to register if you’re still interested. Thank you!
Yes!!
Hello Alaire!
The workshops with Clemes & Clemes can be found at this link: https://www.thetinthimble.com/classes/?ai1ec=action~posterboard|request_format~html|cat_ids~331
Give us a call at 916-652-2134 to register if you’re still interested. Thank you, thank you!
Yes, I would be VERY interested in a carding class.
Hello Georgette!
The workshops with Clemes & Clemes can be found at this link: https://www.thetinthimble.com/classes/?ai1ec=action~posterboard|request_format~html|cat_ids~331
Give us a call at 916-652-2134 to register as soon as you’re able. Thank you!
Yes, this sounds like fun and I am interested in attending!
Yes, I want to see how this is done.
Hello miss Glenys!
The workshops with Clemes & Clemes have been scheduled and you can find details here: https://www.thetinthimble.com/classes/?ai1ec=action~posterboard|request_format~html|cat_ids~331
Give us a call at 916-652-2134 to register as soon as you’re able. Thank you!
Might be interested. Sounds like fun.
Hello Leslie!
More details about the scheduled Clemes & Clemes workshops are available at this link: https://www.thetinthimble.com/classes/?ai1ec=action~posterboard|request_format~html|cat_ids~331
Give us a call at 916-652-2134 to register if you’re interested or if you have questions! Thank you!
I’m a spinner and would love this! I have some hand carders but a drum carder is on my long wish list.
Hello Erin!
Details about the scheduled Clemes & Clemes workshops are available at this link: https://www.thetinthimble.com/classes/?ai1ec=action~posterboard|request_format~html|cat_ids~331
Give us a call at 916-652-2134 to register if you’re interested or if you have questions! Thank you so much!