Above: Families and kids were in abundance on the North House campus over the weekend as part of the first Northern Fibers Retreat. Here, Amanda Hand and daughter Elsa Garry weave on a loom during Saturday’s Fibers for Kids program, which was taught by six members of Cook County’s Northwoods Fiber Guild.
Right: Sara Mairs and son Will Steinhacker from St. Paul try out Kumihimo Braiding during Saturday’s Fibers for Kids program. Taught by Northwoods Fiber Guild member Maxine Linehan, Kumihimo is a form of decorative braiding that originated in Japan. Participants use simple disks to interlace colorful strands of fibers into cylindrical braids.
Lower right: The weekend included 12 different fibers courses and welcomed over 70 students to campus from around the Midwest and Canada. Here two students in Jo Wood’s Mukluk Making Class are hard at work on their new footwear.
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