Cotton Bloom
Anne who came from two hours away said she “smiled all the way home”.
New Zealand April 2024
Joan’s first love is cotton, but the importance of the hemp plant has come of utmost importance as it is a plant that can help clean up our environment and the fiber has so many benefits, I was thankful to have the opportunity to teach 160 students “Down Under” to spin hemp and to give a lecture on hemp.
Private and Group Spinning & Weaving Classes
Double G Alpacas
DoubleGAlpacasAZ.com
BISBEE FIBER ART GUILD Bisbee, Arizona
OTHER WORKSHOPS AROUND ARIZONA
Hemp Field
Charkha
Anne Walker spent a day polishing her cotton spinning skills with Joan. Anne learned how to spin cotton from Joan’s You Tubes and videos on Taproot Video
Solar Dyeing
“Recently I had the privilege of spending the day with Joan Ruane. Her lesson was such an inspiration to me, and her mastery of cotton and hemp impressive. Getting right down to business was a comfortable thing, some of my favorite work we did included an introduction to solar dying, getting to know a Charkha, and of course improving my long draw. The time flew by, and when the day ended, I left Joan’s company with a strengthened love for the craft. “
Anne Walker
WANT TO LEARN OR IMPROVE ON YOUR
SPINNING & WEAVING SKILLS
Joan is offering private and small classes in weaving & spinning. You can arrange them by E-mailing Joan at spincotton@yahoo.com for more details.
At this point Joan does not have any classes scheduled at Amphi Bible School but stay tuned as the summer progresses some special classes may be arranged. Are you looking for any particular class or instructor you might like to see here in Tucson this coming season. Let Joan know by contacting her by e-mail. spincotton@yahoo.com
Look below for classes at surrounding Guilds and Shops
There are a lot of great fiber art classes offered throughout the state of ARIZONA. Go to www.azfed.org for information on classes in Northern, Central and Southern Arizona.
If your guild or shop is located in ARIZONA and want to be listed in my web site, please e-mail me details and I will be happy to include you as Arizona fiber artists must work together.
Grandma’s Spinning Wheel is located on 6544 E. Tanque Verde, and they have a beautiful yarn and fiber shop plus teach knitting, beginning spinning and rigid heddle class.
Valley Fiber Art Guild ~ www.valleyfiberartguild.org
Susan Thompson FELTING
TUCSON HANDWEAVERS AND SPINNERS GUILD WORKSHOPS Go to their website
