Classes

Upcoming Classes:

Sheep Locks Hoodie, June 21-22, 2018, Midwest Felting Symposium, Madison, WI

Raw Felted Fleece, June 23-24, 2018, Midwest Felting Symposium, Madison, WI


Check the MFS website for more information including specific class listings. This is an exciting venue to meet some renowned feltmakers and make new friends.


Raw Felted Fleece, July 21-22, 2018, North House Folk School, Grand Marais, MN

Recent classes: 

Eco-printed Nunofelt Floor Lampshade, Feb. 17-18, 2018, North House Folk School, Grand Marais, MN.
Cobweb Felt Floor Lamp, Sunday, May 14, 2017, Shepherd's Harvest Sheep and Wool Festival, Lake Elmo, MN, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Raw Felted Fleece, Saturday and Sunday, July 8-9, 2017, North House Folk School, Grand Marais, MN


Cobweb Felt Floor Lamp, September 10, 2017, Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival, Jefferson County Fairgrounds, 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Customized Classes:  

I am available to teach sessions at your location or my studio in Ogilvie, MN.

I love to share the magic and fun of felting with others. I have taught hundreds of students over the past decade. I never tire of seeing the students' enthusiasm when they create a piece using their own sense of color and style. 

 Come visit the farm, see the sheep, have some great home-cooked food, and felt a project!


Raw Felted Fleece 




Cobweb or NunoFelt Floor Lamp


EcoPrinted Nunofelt Scarf


Felted Birdhouse


Felted Hat, Felted Slippers, Felted Mittens






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This shelter is made with two cattle panels, you can use as many as you want. We've used this two panel size to house about 5-6 Shetland rams over the winter...it keeps them out of the wind and rain and snow and keeps their hay dry.

A word of warning, if you have horned rams, be sure to watch for any poor souls who get their horns caught in the panels. They learn after a while to keep their heads clear, but getting stuck can be dangerous for them.

To make this kind of a shelter, we start out by pounding a row of T-posts in, spacing them the height of the cattle panel apart. So for the two cattle panel shelter, we put in three T-posts about 4' apart. Then about 7' to 8' across from that…
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