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Tasha grew up in a family of makers and tinkerers and has been drawn to textiles of all kinds since she was very small. She is driven by the belief that making things by hand empowers people to live more joyfully and thoughtfully. In her classes, she works to build deep understanding through hands-on experimentation in a warm and inspiring environment.

Lisa Doherty is a fiber artist in Wake Forest, NC, with a particular interest in freeform crochet and knitting. When she’s not playing with fiber, she’s playing violin or viola for weddings, concerts, and musical theater. Visit her Freeform Yarny Things website at ldoherty.substack.com to see her work and sign up for her free newsletter.

Martha’s work is inspired by a deep respect for pre-industrial hand craft and informed by generations of sewers in the family. From hand-stitched quilt blocks at age five to slapdash Victorian costumes cut from drapes at age 13 to now carefully studying the hand-stitched piquet edging on the cuff of a Slavic blouse, Martha endeavors to preserve the grace and utility of our…

Roiana Buckmaster lives in Mt Pleasant, TN, working a small farm with her husband to build a registered flock of Icelandic Sheep. She was given knitting needles at age six (to keep out from underfoot), embroidery at ten (to sit still) and plunged into the rabbit hole of the fiber arts world from there.

Anne Choi is a fiber artist raising a small flock of Shetland sheep in Bedminster, NJ. She teaches spinning, weaving and dyeing while exploring the relationship between craft and imagination. She is the founder of NJ Fibershed, an educational non-profit organization dedicated to promoting local fiber production and use.

Dr. Russell Jessup, Professor and Center Director Texas A&M Agrilife Research & Extension Center at San Angelo, managing diverse faculty research efforts across wool and mohair testing, sheep & goat production, rangeland operations, wildlife ecosystems, prescribed fire programs, and row crop agronomics.

Today, Folkwear is based in Asheville, NC, under the leadership of Molly Hamilton. Molly learned to sew at a very young age, taught by her grandmother, a talented seamstress. Molly took over Folkwear when her youngest child started school, embracing its vision of providing authentic, beautiful, and functional home sewing patterns for clothing from around the world and across…

Dia Robinson is the owner of Twisted Urban Fiber Arts, an accomplished indie dyer, spinner, crocheter, and weaver. She has taught at the Greenville Center of Creative Arts in Greenville, South Carolina, and has organized two fiber art gallery showcases at Greenville Technical College’s Benson Campus Art Gallery in Greenville, South Carolina.

Beth Collier has been spinning and felting for over 20 years. Beth does a variety of fiber arts including felting, spinning and bobbin lace. Her business, The Little Shop of Fibers sells Kromski Products, felting supplies, bobbin lace supplies and Shetland wool and yarn. When not spinning or felting she enjoys gardening and her grandchildren.

Cindy Irwin has been hooking rugs since 1983. She is a certified McGown teacher, holds classes in her home, studio, and is a traveling teacher. She is a juried member of the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen and in Rug Hooking Magazines' Celebration of Fame. Cindy is well known among her students for embellishing rugs with gemstones and hooking with mixed media.