Join us for Fall Craft Camp!

 

We are over the moon to announce our first Fall Craft Camp here at Spool Cottage!
Craft Camp will be on Saturday, October 17. Attendees can attend a morning workshop, an afternoon workshop, or both. Everyone is invited to gather together between noon and 1 pm for our Soup Party and instructor pop up shop, we will be providing homemade scratch cooked soups from our garden, fresh bread and baked goods, and other yummy snacks. Workshop tickets also includes a canvas craft tote and a merit badge. We want this day to be a stress free and fun day for you to ground yourselves in the cozy energy of our creative community!

Here is our list of workshops, each is linked to the registration page
Scroll below to read more about each workshop

9-12 Wet Felted Needle Book with Hannah Hostak
9-12 Make Your Own Nontoxic Cleaners with Sheron Buchele Rowland
9-12 Hand-Stitched Book Binding with Laurel Barr

12-1 Soup Party Lunch

1-4 Drop Spindle Spinning with Sheron Buchele Rowland
1-4 Shuttle Tatting with Laurel Barr
1-4 Wooly Doodle Embroidery with Joanna Johnson


Workshop photos and details, click on photo for registration page

Wet Felted Needle Book with Hannah Hostak
October 17 from 9 am till 1 pm, lunch included with workshop
Every crafter needs their own on-the-go needle book to safely transport their needles and pins without having to haul around their pincushion. Roll up your sleeves and get your hands soapy! In this class, you will learn the foundations of wet felting by creating a felt needle book using wool and decorative fibers! $15 materials fee to be collected by the instructor at the start of the workshop.


Make Your Own Nontoxic Cleaners with Sheron Buchele Rowland
October 17 from 9 am till 1 pm, lunch included with workshop
Learn to mix natural, eco friendly cleaners from your kitchen, for your kitchen. Craft & take home your own herbal sprays and scrubs! $10 materials fee to be collected by the instructor at the start of the workshop.

Hand-Stitched Book Binding with Laurel Barr
October 17 from 9 am till 1 pm, lunch included with workshop
Learn to create a hand stitched book from scratch with new and repurposed papers! We will provide everything you need to create a book but feel free to bring your own books/papers/pages! $5 materials fee to be collected by the instructor at the start of the workshop.

Beginning Freestyle Creative Weaving with Judy Brown
October 17 from 9 am till 1 pm, lunch included with workshop
Learn Basic Weaving techniques using simple forms or materials, your yarn or ours! Fees include 2 looms to bring home with you. $10 materials fee to be collected by the instructor at the start of the workshop.

Learn to Make a Turkey Wing Broom with Hannah Hostak
October 17 from noon till 4 pm, lunch included with workshop

Connect with the traditional craft of broommaking in this three hour class. Students will learn the basics of broom craft by crafting a turkey wing style handbroom. The handcrafted brooms made in this class will be suitable for sweeping, decoration, or both! This class is for beginners.

Please read the following regarding physical requirements: Broommaking is a physically strenuous craft and requires moderate upper body strength as well as moderate hand dexterity and strength. Students will also be using their feet to control their foot treadle. This class will be mostly seated. $15 materials fee to be collected by the instructor at the start of the workshop.

Suitable footwear: Tennis shoes, boots, etc. Students may find it more difficult if wearing shoes that aren’t secured to their feet such as flip flops. Students are advised to wear long pants while working with broomcorn, as skin irritation can occur.

Drop Spindle Spinning with Sheron Buchele Rowland

October 17 from noon till 4 pm, lunch included with workshop
Discover the timeliness art of drop-spindle spinning. Learn the basics of how to draft and spin wool fiber into your own handmade yarn. Option to buy your own spinning kit for $20 which includes your own drop spindle, one ounce of wool, and a handsewn bag.

Shuttle Tatting Lace with Laurel Barr
October 17 from noon till 4 pm, lunch included with workshop
Learn to create beautiful lace by hand with a shuttle, this class will cover how to create a pair of earrings or pendants. $5 materials fee to be collected by the instructor at the start of the workshop which includes a tatting shuttle to bring home with you.

Wooly Doodle Embroidery with Joanna Johnson
October 17 from noon till 4 pm, lunch included with workshop
Learn to embroider whimsical designs! Feel free to bring your own sweater to embroider onto, fees include needles, wool thread, and fabric. $5 materials fee to be collected by the instructor at the start of the workshop.

Questions? 
Text Joanna at 970-744-9550
Email Joanna at spoolcottage@gmail.com

2026 Book Signing Event Calendar

 


2026 Book Signing Lineup!

Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival
West Friendship, Maryland
May 2 & 3

Estes Wool Market
Estes Park, Colorado
June 13 & 14

Montana Yarn Bar
Billings, Montana
July 17 10:00 am

Greycliff Fiber Festival
Greycliff, Montana
July 18 & 19

Wyoming Yarn & Fiber
Cody, Wyoming
July 20, 10:00 am

Cowgirl Yarn
Laramie, Wyoming
August 1, noon-2:00pm

Michigan Fiber Festival
Allegan, Michigan
August 14-16

Art By The Lake Schroon Lake
Schroon Lake, New York
August 25 from 10:00 am - noon

Mountain and Valley Fiber Arts Festival
Durango, Colorado
October 3 & 4

SoCal Fiber Arts Fair
Pomona, California
November 21 & 22

Spool Cottage Craft Classes!

 Spool Cottage


Two weeks ago we launched our Art and Craft Classes here at Spool Cottage! Spool Cottage is my cozy Fiber Arts studio here in downtown Loveland. Laurel and I are having such a good time facilitating these workshops- stitching, knitting, mending, and so much more to come. Our classes include materials, instructions, snacks, homemade bread, beverages, and our super fun merit badge program (which you have to come check out for yourself!)




We are also offering custom events and workshops for private parties so please contact us to set up a workshop for a birthday party, baby shower, bachelorette party, family event, or just to have a fun time to get your friends together without having to plan or set anything up!



Signed Prints in our shop!

 





Agnes Grey Shawl

 


Agnes Grey is a Sontag shawl worked in a squishy cashmere-merino blend yarn from Anzula called For Better or Worsted. This cross-body wrap is knit from the top down in a heart shape and finished with i-cord ties to secure it in place. The garter check pattern across the body of the shawl gives an illusion of basket-weave texture and it is suitable for beginning knitters.


SoCal Fiber Fair

We are just home from the SoCal Fiber Fair.


This was a beautiful venue for a Fiber Arts Fair, and a great opportunity to connect with knitters, crocheters, spinners, and fiber arts enthusiasts.


Thank you to all of the organizers, vendors, volunteers, teachers, and most of all, attendees, who made this such a special show for us! That is a wrap on our 2025 shows. Stay tuned as we are building our event calendar for 2026! 

Are there any shows in your area you would like to see us attend?

Camp At Sunset

 


I am announcing the release of a new pattern, Camp At Sunset, which is a colorwork wrap knit in a beautiful gradient colorway created by Kami Noyes at Ranching Tradition Fiber. Kami is a fifth-generation ranches who raises Targhee Rambouillet Sheep in the Tobacco Root Valley of Montana. She is a self-taught fiber artist and created this colorway on her Range Camp base which is a plied Targhee wool from her own flock.

 For more info on my newest pattern please visit the pattern page here!