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Workshop: Breed Specific Yarn for your Fibre Arts Practice

Workshop: Breed Specific Yarn for your Fibre Arts Practice with Anna Hunter Each breed of sheep produces a distinct type of wool for knitting and crochet.  Understanding the qualities and characteristics of these breeds will inform and accentuate your knitting. Texture, colourwork, cables and drape are all affected by the unique wool breeds. This workshop will give a brief overview of some accessible […]

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The True Cost of Wool – Book Talk – Courtenay

Courtenay Library 300 6th St, Courtenay

Explore the hidden environmental, social, and economic story of wool with author Anna Hunter, whose book The True Cost of Wool traces fibre from flock to finished garment. Learn how sheep, soil, fashion, and local economies interconnect—and what more sustainable fibre systems could look like on Vancouver Island and beyond. Free. Drop-in. Books available for […]