October 3-4, 2026 | Dixon, CA
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October 3-4, 2026 | Dixon, CA
$170
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Discover how fiber and spinning styles shape your weaving. Spin wool, alpaca, and silk, exploring drafting styles, twist direction, and yarn structures (singles vs. plied) in your own woven swatches. Build practical spinning skills while exploring drape, texture, and striping with your collection of samples that showcase these fibers. You’ll understand how fiber choice and yarn structure directly impact weaving and will take home new skills, woven samples, and fresh ideas to spin into your next weaving project.
West Building Room 1
Note: All classrooms are on the Dixon May Fairgrounds, 655 S 1st St, Dixon, CA, and students will get free admission on the day of their workshop(s).
Beginning Level Skills Students should be comfortable spinning on the device you bring (wheel, e-spinner, or spindle) and have a basic understanding of weaving (we will mostly be using plain weave in our samples)
handout, sampling boards and weaving needle, fiber to spin (wool, alpaca, silk)
Spinning device (wheel, e-spinner, or spindles) and plying tools (extra bobbins/spindles, lazy kate/ball winder and yarn bowls) in good operating condition. Battery for your e-spinner if you have one.
Optional: sample loom and long (4”) weaving needle you like if you want to do weaving beyond what we do in class. Hand cards if you want to blend fibers
Amelia’s purchase of a house with two llamas in 2001 began her journey of fiber discovery: spinning, spindles, rare breeds, weaving, dyeing, nalbinding, circular sock machines, e-spinners, and revisiting her roots in knitting, crochet, and sewing. Amelia teaches over Zoom and at wool shows, shops, and guilds. She wrote Productive Spindling and Power Spinning, published two spindle videos with Spin-Off, and has written for Spin-Off, Ply, and Knitty as well as blogging. She now “fibers” across America as a full-time nomad.
www.askthebellwether.com
We have flat rate pricing workshops, with up to two low-income spaces per session*. Materials fee, if any, is included in the price paid at the time of registration.
*To get the low-income student pricing of 25% off workshop cost (not including materials fee), use the code “KCCN3AQX” in the shopping cart. Please note: We will not disclose which students received low-income pricing and all students will be treated equally by Lambtown Festival and our instructors.
Admission tickets – including the Wool on Wheels busses – are transferable but not refundable. Lambtown Festival will be held rain or shine.
Workshops can be cancelled with at least four weeks’ notice for a full store credit if you set up an account in our system, or a refund minus 15% cancellation fee. At any time, students may find a replacement to take their space – email [email protected] to let us know the name and email of the person taking your place.
Merchandise purchased through this website is custom made for each order. As such, no cancellations or refunds are available. If you are unhappy with the quality of the print, please contact Printful customer service for a replacement.
Camping fees are not refundable. Lambtown Festival will be held rain or shine.
Please review our full Terms of Service for more detail.
There are currently no Covid-19 restrictions on events of our size. We advise all students to take any precautions they deem necessary for their own safety in consideration of Covid-19. Vaccinations are not required to enter the fairgrounds but are highly encouraged for the safety of all our attendees. Hand sanitation and/or wash stations will be located throughout the fairgrounds, along with restrooms.