Gettin’ Batty with It: Art-Batt Tools and Techniques
About Gettin’ Batty with It: Art-Batt Tools and Techniques
What is an art batt? How might you make one? What can you do with it, and why would you want to? How does a dog comb come into the fiber-prep picture? And what in the world is a rolag? Come card with Q and learn answers to those questions–and more. Yes, we ARE batty for batts–and we think you will be as well!
What will students learn:
Students will leave with the basic skills needed to create art batts, knowledge of some handy creative-carding tools, and fibery clouds of various kinds designed using ingredients from the unique Foldout Cat Batt Buffet and created using hand cards, blending boards, and drum carders.
Materials, Equipment, and Supplies the Student Must Bring to Class
No participant-provided materials required: instructor will provide all tools and materials. Students just need to bring their willingness to experiment and explore!
Materials Kit and Kit Description
Your class registration fee includes a materials kit with a value of $65 which includes:
Use of instructor's hand cards, blending boards, and drum carders; access to and use of instructor's Batt Buffet to design and create various multi-textured fiber preparations. The Foldout Cat Batt Buffet offers a variety of fibers for carding, including Merino and other wools, silk and sari silk, bamboo, Angelina, firestar, and more. Students will also go home with a pet-comb hand card/burnishing brush to keep. Blending boards used in class will be available for purchase if desired (not required!) at its conclusion.
Pre-class Homework
None
Age Range
Minimum age requirement for workshop: 12
Skill Level
All Levels
What skills or knowledge do students need to take this workshop?
No prior knowledge of fiber prep in general or carding in particular needed to take this class, which is open to all but geared towards the beginner. Students must be tall enough to reach the drum carders and to treat them with the care both student and carder deserve, and must be able to focus for the duration of the class.
Contact the Teacher
Send a direct message from the teacher's profile page with any questions you might have about the class.
When
Single 3-hour live in-person seminar.
Class Location
Classroom 1
How It Works
Register and enroll above. Enrollment is not complete until payment is made on the next page, by credit card or Paypal via our secure platform. Enrolled students will receive an immediate email confirmation of enrollment..
Refund Policy: To cancel an enrollment or request a refund, contact [email protected]. For 30+ days before, we refund 95%. Between 30 and 5 days, receive a 75% refund. No refunds within 5 days of class start date.
Liza Q. Wirtz
Liza Q. Wirtz, better known as Q (aka the Chief Feline), runs multifaceted fiber-arts business The Foldout Cat from her home studio in Alabama with the frequent and welcome assistance of partners Fiber J and Maker J and the help of a fluctuating number of cats.
Back to Carolina FiberFestAbout Lessonface, PBC & the Carolina FiberFest
Lessonface's mission is to help students achieve their goals while treating teachers equitably. Since 2012, we've hosted more than 30,000 students and 2,000 teachers for over 500,000 music, language, and arts lessons and classes online. The 20th annual Carolina FiberFest is March 13-14, 2026 at the NC State Fairgrounds, Raleigh NC. Workshops will be held Thurs. March 12 - Sat. March 14, 2026.