Gwen's Fiber Arts Homepage

Announcing Exciting Workshops Coming to the Los Angeles Area this Year!

Michele Wipplinger-Painting Variegated Yarns For Knitting Workshop, July 7-9, 2006
(Bio pdf, flyer pdf,)

Michele Wipplinger-Surface Design with Plant Dyes and Earth Pigments, July 11-13, 2006 (Bio pdf, flyer pdf,)

COE  Certificate of Excellence in Handspinning from the Handweavers Guild of America, Inc.
This is an in-depth pictorial and documentation of the COE in Handspinning achieved in 1991.  Note that the requirements have changed greatly between then and now.
Silk Samples
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Spinning Wheel Gallery
This is the beginning of an index of spinning wheels.  Please email me pictures of your wheels to post on this page for everyone's benefit.
Moths and other fiber eating critters. (last updated 4/4/2000)
The cross country spindle experiment.

Spinning

    Elastic Yarns

    "Caterpillar" Yarns

    Navaho Multiply

    "Straw into Gold"  Spinning flax and gold leaf

    Successful feather yarns

Painting on Silk

Crochet

Dyeing

    Natural Dyeing

    Acid Dyes

Printing on Silk with an HP Inkjet printer.

Moths and other fiber eating critters.

(last updated 12/27/05)