Sing 'Til the Work's All Done

$40-$55

Martha Owen is Creative Programming Advisor at the Folkschool (folkschool.org) in spinning, knitting and crochet, felt making, dyeing and surface design. Her adventure in spinning and natural dyeing began at this very school in 1978. She has been teaching here since 1984. (She taught her spinning first class of thirteen with a one month old nursling in a wind up swing as her assistant. That baby is now 39! ) Since 1980 her extended family has included sheep (currently BFL, Corriedale, Shetland) and French angora rabbits. Also a banjo player and known to tell a story or two Martha's interest in sheep and wool, music and dance has carried her literally and joyfully around the world. Her children say she is a wool nerd but her sheep say she is out-standing in her field!

Melissa Weaver Dunning is a hand-weaver, spinner and knitter with over 40 years of experience working on antique equipment to recreate 18th and 19th century home produced textiles. She began her textile study with Scottish master weaver Norman Kennedy in 1980, and carries on this rich tradition in her own teaching. Melissa is an avid tartan and linen weaver, a compulsive knitter and a lover of wool who enjoys sharing her passion for weaving and spinning with students. She is also a ballad singer, specializing in the ballads and songs of Ireland, Scotland and England from before Napoleon’s time.