This Saturday, DFG will be spinning at the Duluth Folk School from 10 am- 2 pm. Spinning Doctor Dave will be there to troubleshoot spinning equipment that needs repair. The public and Guild members are invited to bring in spinning... View Article
September was harvest time for our flax crops and some of the guild members have decidedly green thumbs! Our biggest challenge was drying the stalks after harvesting during that wet month. But on Sept. 23 a group of us met... View Article
Those who participated in creating the Shetland blanket were invited to enter their name in a drawing to win the blanket. The drawing was held last Saturday during spinning group and Nancy Johnston was the lucky winner of the beautiful... View Article
Despite the gorgeous weather outside, we had an awesome turnout for Bruce Engebretson’s presentation on flax. We were all amazed to see him turn straw into the most beautiful, long line flax fiber I have ever seen, and we’re definitely primed to... View Article
The spinning group had so much fun with the Shetland Blanket Project — and the results were so beautiful — that we’ve initiated another project, this one with a locally grown, champaign colored alpaca fleece from Mac and Ann McKercher’s... View Article
The Shetland blanket – a joint project of the spinners and the weavers of the DFHG – is now finished! The end result is a gorgeous twill lap robe, hand spun and hand woven, with subtle (and not so subtle)... View Article
Duluth Fiber Handcrafters Guild has initiated a new challenge, one that includes not only the spinners but the weavers! It all started with a gorgeous tri-colored Shetland fleece from a local Duluth shepherd that was donated to the spinning group. ... View Article
Saturday, August 8, this study group dyed knitted “blanks.” A month or so before the meeting spinners hand spun white yarn and gave it to Dave. Dave used his knitting machine to knit each spinner’s hand spun yarn into a... View Article
