Dibé Nitsaa Sheep & Wool Days Schedule

May 16, 2008 Teec Nos Pos Chapter House, AZ.

Paying Workshops

 1. Basic Spinning on a Columbine Spinning Wheel,    Instructor: Sarah Adakai

Time: 8:00 AM to 12:00 noon  Workshop Cost: $5.00 (payable to the instructor)

Material Fee: $5.00 (yarn, carded wool, roving & niddy noddy) payable the day of the workshop.  Class Max: 3 students

 Learn basic spinning techniques on a Columbine Spinning Wheel, in this class you will be introduced to the mechanism and maintenance of a spinning wheel. You will first learn to re-spin already spun yarn to get familiar with the draw, foot and hand coordination of the wheel, then you will spin some carded wool that you will separate into stripes and finally you will spin some roving. You will also learn how to set your spun yarns and practice spinning yarn in different thicknesses. This class is for people who have never touched a spinning wheel in their entire life. Please wear comfortable clothes, an apron and a smile.

2. Basic Wet Felting Techniques,    Instructor: TahNibaa Naataanii

Time: 8:00 AM to 12:00 noon  Workshop Cost: $5.00 (payable to the instructor)

Material Fee: $5.00 (yarn, wool & needle) payable the day of the workshop.

Class Max: 10 students

 In this class you will learn the proper care and maintenance, and basic carding techniques on a Drum Carder. Then you will card lots of raw wool for your projects. First you will learn about the basics of wet felting and you will felt a shaped pot-holder, after that you will felt a round pin-cushion, and finally you will learn to make a flat fabric and/or wall hanger. Please wear proper clothing to get wet and dirty in.

3. Basic Dry Felting Techniques,  Instructor: Anderson Hoskie

Time: 8:00 AM to 12:00 noon Workshop Cost: $5.00 (payable to the instructor)

Material Fee: $5.00 (yarn, wool & needle) payable the day of the workshop.

Class Max: 10 students

 Have fun learning the Basic Dry Felting techniques, and make an animal and/or a person figure, or embellishing an object, like a wet-felted Pot-Holder, or wall hanger.

4. Painting Wool,  Instructor: Roy Kady

Time: 8:00 AM to 12:00 noon Workshop Cost: $5.00 (payable to the instructor)

Material Fee: $5.00 for all the dye colors to paint with. Purchase and bring 8-4oz. skeins of wool yarns. *Navajo-Churro yarn will be available for sale at $10.00 a skein

Class Max: 10 students

 Using 2 or more acid dye color combinations, you will learn about painting yarn, see the unique effects of your yarns when you weave with painted yarns, or using it in your knitting project; it gives your fiber project a new dimension. Two different techniques of painting wool yarns will be taught, dress appropriately in old clothing.

These workshops are on a “first come, first served bases” but if you feel that you want to secure a space in the workshop, please send your payments in the form of a money order, cashiers check, and/or personal check, pay to the order of Dine Woven/Roy Kady, send to P.O. Box 209 Teec Nos Pos, AZ. 86514. If you decide to cancel your attendance, we will deduct 10% of the total amount for the workshop that you paid for, for overhead cost. Otherwise we will only be taking the maximum persons for the class the day of the workshop.

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FREE AFTERNOON WORKSHOP    1:00 PM to 5:00 PM, May 16, 2008

 1:00pm – 2:00pm – Jim Keyes – Utah State University Extension Agent

                                    Sheep Health and Ram Selection

2:00pm – 3:00pm – Ray Castillo – Navajo Nation Extension Agent

                                    Sheep Shearing

3:00pm-4:00pm – Jay Begay Jr. – Diné be’ iiná Inc. Field Educator

                                    Sheep Records and Tagging

4:00pm-5:00pm- Ray Charley – Shiprock Veterinarian Clinic

Vaccination Demonstration, Parasite Control (External and Internal)

For more information contact Diné be’ iiná Inc-Risk Management Agency Sheep is Life Outreach Project Program Director Grace Boyne at gmboyne@yahoo.com or call (505) 863-3192. 

FREE Evening Program     6:00 PM to 10:00 PM May 16, 2008

 Viewing of Documentary Films;

1. Weaving Worlds 60, min.

   1. By Bennie Klain

2. When Your Hands Are Tied, 56 min.

   1. By Mia Boccella Hartle, Co-Producer Marley Shebala

3. Men Who Weave, 30 min.

   1. By Leslie Doran

4. The Children of Changing Woman, 30 min.

   1. Peter Blystone

5. Woven Ways, 60 min.

   1. By Linda Helm Krapf

 We will have a panel discussion after each film for about 15 minutes.

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Saturday & Sunday MAY 17 & 18, 2008      Teec Nos Pos Trading Post

Benefit Navajo-Churro Lamb Tasting Event May 17, 2008 11:00 am
(until we run out of food).

*Navajo French Cuisine Chef Lynelle Kellywood from Shiprock, NM will prepare and cook Navajo-Churro lamb for the Benefit tasting event, a sampler plate of Marinated Lamb Kabobs, Churro Taco, Green Chili Pasole Stew, Navajo Blue Corn Mush and a tortilla or fry bread and Navajo Iced Tea will cost $10.00 a plate. All proceeds going to the Slow Food Heritage Lamb Presidium-Holistically Raised Navajo-Churro Lamb project.

-Sheep, Fiber Artist Vendors

-Sheep to Loom Demonstrations

-Sheep Shearing Demonstrations

-Knitting Circle

-Spinning Circle

-Drum Carding Circle

For more information please contact Roy Kady at roykady@dinewoven.com or call (928) 656-3498.

Also visit: www.dinewoven.com

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