Area Fiber Events
Three Rivers Park District
Celebrate the Harvest
October 8, Saturday 9am-5pm
October 9, Sunday 10am-4pm
Gale Woods Farm, Minnetrista MN
www.galewoodsfarm.org 763-694-2001
Spinning:
Detta
Juusola (Detta's Spindle), rural Maple Plain, MN 763-479-2886
Spinning,
knitting:
Shelley
Hermanson, South Mpls. 612-926-2151
Knitting,
beading:
Mary Tacheny, Mound, MN c:952-913-6275 (Mary owned "Knit
One Bead Too," which has closed)
Shops &
classes
(besides Detta's Spindle!)
Spinning Magic
Coon Rapids,
MN
Mary Offord 763-862-7932
www.spinningmagic.net --- mary@spinningmagic.net
Have you visited this new shop located just north of Minneapolis, close to Anoka?
Spinolution, Kromski, Louet, and Schacht spinning wheels; fibers.
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Heading out to teach another class.... Mpls - St Paul area |
Fiber by Malla
St Louis Park,
MN
Contact: FiberByMalla@gmail.com 952-250-1961
Classes in FELTING, SPINNING, NALBINDING, KNITTING
Soulfood Alpaca Garden
Cambridge,
MN
Kirsten & Brad Kraushaar 763-444-8636
www.soulfoodalpacagarden.com
Soulfood Alpacas raises Huacaya alpacas and French and Satin angora
rabbits. The animals, fiber, and yarn are offered for sale. In
addition, their twenty acres is home to the Children's Alpaca
School, which hosts fiber arts classes for kids.
Soulfood Alpaca Garden
Cambridge,
MN
Kirsten & Brad Kraushaar 763-444-8636
www.soulfoodalpacagarden.com
Soulfood Alpacas raises Huacaya alpacas and French and Satin angora
rabbits. The animals, fiber, and yarn are offered for sale. In
addition, their twenty acres is home to the Children's Alpaca
School, which hosts fiber arts classes for kids.
Crossthreads Fiber Works Guild, Sioux Falls SD area, Contact Johanna Giesler, newletter editor - phone 605-757-6750 relsieg@dakota.net
Jack Pine Spinners & Weavers Guild - Bemidji, Minnesota - meets first Saturday of month, usually at Baker Park Senior Housing 3rd Conference room. Contact: Linda Simonson 218-987-2251 simonson@paulbunyan.net Website: www.jackpinespinnersandweavers.org
Minnesota Prairie Spinners - Kimball, Minnesota - meets at Kimball City Hall - Contact Roxanne Sladek 320-587-7394 or Jessica Macy 320-968-7767
Mississippi River Spinners - St.Cloud, Minnesota - meets at St.Cloud library - Contact Bonnie Loidolt 320-393-2097 bloidolt@stcloudstate.edu
Moonbeams of Rochester (Minnesota) - Third Tuesday of month - 7:00 to 9:30 (Location changes) Contact Peg Mathews 507-285-9589 CieFranche@aol.com
Northern Lights Handspinners Guild, greater Twin Cities area - 3 meetings each month - contact Pauline Bold, director, for information and meeting dates. Phone 952-881-2506, or email fiberlooney@yahoo.com
Spiral Fiber Arts Guild - Hastings,
Minnesota area - Last Tuesday of month - 7:00 to 10:00
(Location changes) Contact Lois Kelley lakelley@mmm.com
Weavers Guild of Minnesota, 3000 University Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55114 - Phone & fax 651-436-0463 weaversguild@juno.com - The Weavers Guild has ongoing classes in all aspects of the fiber arts. www.weaversguildmn.org
Wright Fibre Artists - Meets
monthly in Buffalo, MN
Contacts: Naomi Binsfeld 763-477-6698 inklenaomi@charter.net
Verilette Bell 763-477-5818
"Preserving
the past through living history"
Minnesota Pioneer Park
located at the east
edge of Annandale on Hwy 55, a one hour drive northwest of Minneapolis
725 Pioneer Park Trail, Annandale, MN
55302
320-274-8489 pioneerp@lkdllink.net
Website: www.pioneerpark.org
Minnesota Pioneer Park is one of the area's original homesteads, with the house and barn dating to the 1800's. An 1880 log cabin, a church, a schoolhouse, and a township hall were brought to the site. A turn-of-the--century main street, with 14 buildings including artifacts, is also part of the historical site. There is plenty of room to picnic and play. Pioneer Park is open for self-guided tours Memorial Day through Labor Day. Guided tours for groups are available by reservation.
Seasonal hours: Memorial Day thru mid-September
Tuesday through Friday, 10 am to 5 pm - Saturday and Sunday, 1-5
pm
Closed Mondays except on National Holidays, 10 am to 5 pm
Adults $5 - Senior citizens (60+) $4.00 - Students (6-16 yrs)
$3.00 - Children 5 yrs & under with adult, free
...to Collect,
Preserve & Interpret - Free admission
Wright County Historical Society
2001 Highway 25
North, Buffalo, MN 55313
763-682-7323
Step into the past! You'll find a beautiful museum, library and
archives, along with five historic structures.
Just north of Buffalo on Hwy 25. Call for hours.
Living history
Village of the 1800's
Murphy's Landing
2187 E. Hwy. 101,
Shakopee, MN 55359
612-445-6901
Visit Murphy's Landing on the web at www.murphyslanding.com