Audrey Chamberlain our Vendor Chair and Spinner WOW look at her yarns!

Our Vendor Chair for Northern Wefts 2011, Audrey Chamberlain is a full time mother and student in Finlandia’s Fiber program. She is also an accomplished Spinner. She has been spinning a couple of years and has mastered the Craft. Still eager to learn she takes spinning classes whenever they are available.

We are proud to say Audrey is a member of our Buellwood Fiber and Weavers Guild, and has volunteered to be our Vendor Chair. This is a big job and Audrey is a very busy mother and student. She has secured a number of vendors and the list will soon be updated on the Midwest Weavers website. We could still use about 8 more vendors so if you know any one that would be interested in Vending at Northern Wefts 2011 please contact Audrey – check the Midwest web site for vendor information.

Audrey attacks spinning very similar to Laurie Boyer who will be teaching 3 half day workshops at Northern Wefts 2011 MN 904 ‘Wild Felting’, MN801 ‘Laurie’s Lock Yarn’ and MN601 ‘Spinning Slub Yarn’ check out my earlier Blog about Laurie. Audrey and Laurie both have a passion for spinning and spend a great deal of time perfecting their craft.

Audrey is fascinated by Core spinning and has developed a way of using wire and wool to create a yarn that can be used to create art. She is busy spinning this yarn to use for her senior project this spring.

Core Spun yarn over Wire

Skeins made of Core Spun

YarnVessels made of Core spun yarn

Audrey is also teaching a Core Spinning Workshop at Copper Country Community Arts Center this spring on May 7^th 2011 from 10am - 4pm. This is advance notice of her class as it is not on the calendar right now. I look forward to learning this new and innovative spinning technique from Audrey in May.

Laurie Boyer 's Fiber Mini Sessions

A new experience in Spinning Icicle, Teardrop and Bobble yarns with Laurie Boyer


I was so excited to find these pics of Laurie Boyer's work to share with you.
Laurie will be teaching 3 mini sessions at Northern Wefts 2011 in June 2011 at Finlandia University in Hancock Michigan.
Laurie lives in Green Bay and spends a lot of time spinning, She graciously offered to teach me to spin when I was a new member of the Traveling Treadlers Spinning and Weaving Guild in Green Bay. Laurie won at least 2 Majacraft spinning wheels by entering the Majacraft's Innovations in Handspun Fibre Competition in 2003 and 2005 in which she won the Supreme Award for those years.

Laurie is a great teacher, I went to her house and listened to relaxing music and learned to spin, I learned a great deal from her. But when I saw her resent knit garment on a web page I could not help myself - I had to share it with all my fiber friends.

I believe this is Jacob fleece lock yarn, Laurie's knitting skills are unbelievable.

She will be teachingMN801 'Laurie's Lock Yarn' and MN601 'Laurie's Slub Yarn' mini sessions and as something different she will be teaching a MN904 'Wild Felting' class that I believe will be 3 dimensional felting.




Join us in June 2011 for a new experience in Spinning and felting, and sign up for one of Laurie's classes.

Some new pictures of Laurie' s knit items with the Laurie's Slub yarn and Lock Yarn arrived and I would like to share them with you.

Wrap As Snood

gauntlet by Laurie:

Spiral Sweater with Cotwold Lock Collar an example of Laurie's Lock Yarn.



Join Laurie at Northern Wefts 2011 for one of these amazing classes. June 23-25 2011 at Finlandia University in Hancock Michigan. Midwest Weavers Conference 2011.