Fiber Gathering 2025

We are being pioneers here by starting up a Wool School that takes you out of the vendor hall and classroom putting you smack dab in the middle of the farm. We promise the fiber arts classes are indoors, but we want you to start from seed, soil and fleece and work your way to the finish line with traditional farm arts, eco friendly fun and hopefully a hankering for a farm! We will be doing small scale shearing, sorting, scouring, carding, spinning, felting, knitting, weaving and more! Week two we have invited in two judges to help us teach you how to really look at a fleece. This is a rare opportunity to truly understand what the judges are seeing. We will talk about the history, the basics of grading, weird facts, choosing fibers for your fiber art and being mill ready. Mill-onomics is an important aspect of fiber farming and fiber gathering. Let's dive deeper and talk about arts and what drives us to create. Why do we choose this fiber over another.

We will start at the very beginning with a little bit of history, hands on shearing, processing and sorting for projects, small gardens to large scale agriculture and anything in between. $25 pp with take aways to keep you motivated!

We start off the day with a proper fleece show ( https://texasfibergathering.com/fleece-show ) and give students a hands-on experience learning what makes one fleece better than another. Whether you produce or purchase, knowing what you are getting is important. The afternoon we will spin, weave and felt. Each project is tailored to this Camp day. $100 pp with take aways to keep you motivated!

Let's elevate our experience now. We have gone from sheep to show, fleece to project...now let's get dirty with Eco and Natural effects. We have a special guest teacher who will help us explore the "eco" side of the "soil to soil" concept. We will keep the vats going all day. We will have little projects in between to keep your idea board full up this Summer! $100 pp with take aways to keep you motivated!

Last Saturday is a culmination of what we have learned, where we have been and what's next for our fiber arts and farming industry. This is a great day for the budding homesteaders and practicing artists to gather and create a fabulous fourth Camp Day. Fiber will be at the ready and looms warped. Needles and hooks will be in position for those who want to try their hands at "knitwear" arts. Let's just say that it will be a fiber arts free for all! $100 pp with take aways to keep you motivated!

CANCELLATION POLICY: We only refund up to 90% of original purchase. Classes are rain or shine. Did you expect anything less? Students should dress for a farm and fun fiber arts. We will be respectful of allergens for snacks and lunch. We are members of Harvest Hosts. Students get two nights free.