Weekend event in Searsport brings fiber arts to the fore

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Searsport will become Maine’s fiber arts center Friday through Sunday, Sept. 8-10, when Fiber College sets up shop in the Penobscot Bay town. The event offers 44 fiber arts classes lasting two to four hours each and costing $20 to $30 for each class.

Several of the classes already are filled and others are filling rapidly, according to information at the Fiber College Web site. Most classes are limited to 10 students.

A Shopper’s Boulevard at the event will offer Angora rabbit yarn, supplies and equipment for weavers, felted materials, rug hooking supplies, handspun yarns, felted clothing, handwoven clothing, fleece and roving, raku and stonewear beads, knitting needles, crochet hooks, books, raw wool, patterns and kits for needlework, looms, knitted hats, handknit socks and mittens, cotton, silk, rayon and wool threads, handmade spinning and weaving tools, and alpaca yarn.

The Shopper’s Boulevard also will feature food for all tastes, including brown bag meals, local bakery and deli products, lobster rolls and grilled meats from Maine farms.

The Penobscot Marine Museum, one of the sponsors of Fiber College, will offer a special museum exhibit, “Past and Present: Contemporary Fiber Arts and their Historic Origins.”

Textile historian and writer Deborah Pulliam of Castine will give a slide lecture, “Needlework Through the Ages,” at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9, at the Penobscot Marine Museum.

Searsport Shores Ocean Camping and Purple Fleece, located in Stockton Springs, also are sponsors of Fiber College. To learn more about the event and to register for classes, visit www.fibercollege.com, or e-mail info@fibercollege.com.

Classes offered at Fiber College

. Raising fiber goats, with goat raisers Janice and Ken Spaulding.

. Do you know your breeds of sheep?, with sheep raiser Michelle DeLucia.

. Simple, beginners basket weaving, Kelly Corbett, creator of We Fiber Folk Newsletter.

. Appalachian basketry, Marcia Markwardt, innkeeper.

. Tapestry necklace, a beading workshop, Dolores Broberg, fiber arts teacher.

. Bead embroidered barrette or brooch, Astrig Tanguay, textile designer.

. Braided chair pad, Rose Laliberte, fiber arts teacher.

. Color with cloth, fabric collage, Jude Spacks, fabric artist.

. Creating with collage, Liane Gimabalvo, artist and dietician.

. Fiber and color, Susan Rockwell, weaving instructor.

. Traditional threads and traditional techniques, crocheting, Deborah Pulliam, Piecework magazine contributor.

. Heirloom afghans, Dina-Lee Ford, Girl Scout leader.

. A tiny piece of crewel, embroidery expert Carolyn Ulrich.

. Summer bouquet, embroidery, Marlee Carter, sewing teacher.

. Autumn goddess needle felting, Julie Yarborough, professional potter.

. Needle felted sheep hair clip, Kelly Corbett.

. Australian locker hooking clutch/knitting needle stash, Elizabeth Annie Stover, sheep raiser.

. Primitive rug hooking, Janet Connor, elementary school art teacher.

. Punchneedle, Emma Morin, ceramics artist and quilter.

. Knit roving handbag, Kelly Corbett.

. The barn bonnet, knitting with Jacqueline Fee, author of “The Sweater Workshop.”

. Bulky cable socks, Kathy Norwood, knitting teacher.

. Left-handed knitting, Jan Friend, knitting and quilting teacher.

. Exploring Victorian knitting, Deborah Pulliam.

. Your one of a kind baby sweater, Marilyn North Gural, knitting and crocheting teacher.

. Sailor’s arts, Eric Jergenson, sailing master, Maine Maritime Academy.

. Primitive paper making, Jennifer Morrow Wilson, studio artist.

. Stained glass quilting, Mary Ann Hall, quilting, sewing and machine embroidery teacher.

. Trapunto, Mary Ann Hall.

. Sashiko quilting, Annette Houston, quilting teacher.

. Introduction to no-sew fusing for art quilts, Amy Nichols, elementary school teacher, and artist Alison Olds.

. White-on-white quilting, Jan Friend.

. Spinning 101, Deborah Bergman, owner of Purple Fleece weaving studio.

. Processing flax, Barbara Clorite-Ventura, professional spinning and weaving teacher.

. Evaluating your handspun: Where to go from here?, Deborah Pulliam.

. Spinning on a CD spindle, Deborah Diemer, fiber art collage artist.

. Ribbon animal tapestry, weaving, artist Susan Perrine.

. Tapestry weaving, Rose Whitehead, fiber arts business owner.

Call Ardeana Hamlin at 990-8153, or e-mail ahamlin@bangordailynews.net.