Wool Market Workshops
Workshops available for all skill levels, from beginner to advanced.
Fiber Prep
Carding | Blending | Evaluating
Spinning
Starting | Sampling | Plying
Dyeing
Botanicals | Complements | Speckles
Knitting
Mosaic | Cables | Colorwork
Weaving
Tapestry | Pick-Up | Freestyle
Other
Basketry | Crochet | Felting

Workshop Information

Registration closes May 25, 2026

Half-day classes $88.61 | Full-day classes $135.86 | 2-day classes $271.72

*Other fees may apply. See course for details

Thursday AM Workshops

I Got a Wheel, Now What Workshop for Estes Park's Wool Market
Thursday AM
Meagan Condon

I Got a Wheel, Now What? Beginning Wheel Spinning

Congratulations! You jumped feet first into spinning and bought your first wheel! Too bad you have no idea how to use it. If it isn’t actively contributing to your stress levels, its probably sitting in timeout collecting dust. We can fix that. In this class, you will learn to make

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Freestyle Weaving sample 1
Thursday AM
Liza Q. Wirtz

Freestyle Weaving for the Creative Spirit – AM

Weave your heart! weave freestyle and free-spirited on a simple, easy-to-use floor loom. Experiment with color, texture, and technique, and go home with a unique piece of woven art that reflects your creative spirit (yes, you do have one!). Students will learn the basic skills of freestyle weaving on a

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Estes Park Wool Market Workshop Blendin Board Primer 3
Thursday AM
Roy Clemes

Blending Board Basics

Learn basic use and techniques of a blending board from one of its designers! In 2011, Henry and Roy Clemes created a new tool that became the wildly popular Blending Board. This hands-on class will not only demonstrate the versatility of the blending board – blending fibers of various types,

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Thursday AM
Tammy Jordan

Putting it Together – Plying a Perfectly Balanced Yarn

Have you ever wanted to ply the perfect yarn? Is your plying coming out underspun or over-energized? Then this class is perfect for you! In this three-hour interactive class, we’ll talk about different types of plying and what methods are best for various applications. Then we’ll spin and learn how

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Thursday AM
Kira Dulaney

Hybrid Crochet (aka Tunisian Crochet)

Delve into a fun and easy crochet technique which is easy for beginners and interesting even for experienced crocheters! Hybrid crochet, also called Tunisian crochet, uses two passes to create a single row, building up stitches on your crochet hook, then working them off on the return pass.

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Thursday PM Workshops

Estes Park Wool Market Workshop, How to Buy a Fleece
Thursday PM
Meagan Condon

How to Buy a Fleece

In this class, we’ll show what to look for when buying a fleece, how to evaluate a fleece for your uses, and some basic home-processing information. Don’t fear the wool. Make the wool fear you.

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Mosaic Knitting Blue & Tan sample with balls of yarn
Thursday PM
Paula Koerner

Mosaic Knitting

In this class, students will learn the fundamentals of mosaic knitting, including how to read mosaic charts, manage slipped stitches, and maintain even tension. We’ll explore how color dominance works and practice creating clean edges and consistent patterns. This technique is ideal for knitters who want to try colorwork in

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Freestyle Weaving sample 2
Thursday PM
Liza Q. Wirtz

Freestyle Weaving for the Creative Spirit PM

Learn to weave freestyle and free-spirited on a simple, easy-to-use floor loom. Experiment with color, texture, and technique, and go home with a unique piece of woven art that reflects your creative spirit (yes, you do have one!). Students will learn the basic skills of freestyle weaving on a highly

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Estes Park Wool Market workshop, woolen watercolors
Thursday PM
Tammy Jordan

Woolen Watercolors

Come create your very own masterpiece while learning to paint with wool. We’ll start with needle-felting your design, building color and textures, and then we’ll finish it off with a steam wet-felt before matting and framing your work.

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Thursday PM
Kira Dulaney

Intermediate Hybrid Crochet (aka Tunisian Crochet)

Move beyond the basic stitches while exploring both lace and textured patterns. We’ll cover different ways to increase and decrease, as well as finishing techniques. Kira will bring lots of samples to encourage you to start an exciting new project with your expanded skills

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Thursday All Day Workshops

Folded & Stitched Palm Vessels

Following the path of traditional folded birch bark containers, this workshop utilizes soaked and pliable palm sheaths as a modern fiber choice. Colorful waxed linen will be our stitching material. This is a fun class where every project is successful and unique. Many options will be discussed and many workshop

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Some Other Fine Wool Workshop, Estes Park Colorado
Thursday All Day
Maggie Casey

Some Other Fine Wools

Merino is the wool people think of when you say fine wools, but we’ll try some others like Targhee, Cormo, Rambouillet and CVM. We’ll take these fibers for a spin, we’ll wash some locks, card and comb it and spin it woolen and worsted. Then we’ll sample some prepared fibers

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Pattern Stories weaving Colorful woven textile in progress on a small wooden loom
Thursday All Day
TeDi Jansen

Pattern Stories: Krokbragd & Overshot on Little Looms

Spend a day exploring two classic pattern-weaving techniques that create bold design on simple looms. In the morning we’ll work krokbragd, a dense Norwegian pick-up structure known for graphic blocks and color play. You’ll leave with samples, a working understanding of how each type of pattern is built, and fresh

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Sample of Wool Market Workshop Botanical Printing - Bundled Steam Method, Estes Park
Thursday All Day
Carol Garnand

Botanical Printing-Bundled Steam Method

Want to have lovely botanical prints (leaves, flowers and seeds on your own fabric for quilting or sewing? Come learn the steam bundle method for botanical printing. Everyone gets to try tests on cotton and sold squares then the final project will be a fat-quarter of cotton, silk scarf or

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Estes Park Wool Market Workshop Exploring the Drum Carder
Thursday All Day
Henry Clemes

Exploring the Drum Carder

Drum carders are a mystery to the average fiber artist: fiber is fed into the carder, ends up on the big drum, and something magical happens in between. In our ‘Exploring the Drum Carder’ class, students begin the day by learning the history of drum carders, how they work, and

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Naturally Dyeing the Rainbow sample 3
Thursday All Day
Brooke Sinnes

Naturally Dyeing the Rainbow

In this class we will dye the rainbow using plants and bugs! We will be using raw dyestuffs as well as extracts to get achieve a spectrum of colors. We will practice over-dyeing, mixing different dyes together in the vat, and modifying dyes with iron. Discussion of mordanting will take

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Estes Park Wool Market Workshop Fair Isle Knitting 7
Thursday All Day
Jennifer Daley

Fair Isle Knitting

Whether you’re new to stranded colorwork or looking to sharpen your skills, this workshop is all about learning, creating, and connecting through the rich tradition of Fair Isle knitting. We’ll explore color selection, managing floats, reading charts, and techniques for smooth, even tension — all while working on a beautiful

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Friday AM Workshops

Estes Park's Wool Market Workshop, Sping the Yarn, spinning implements
Friday AM
Meagan Condon

Spin the Yarn You Need

Your very first yarn was thick and uneven. Shortly after, you mastered spinning the finest lace… and couldn’t quite get that thick yarn again. Now you want something in the middle. There are a number of different factors you can control to get the yarn thickness you want, from what

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Friday PM Workshops

Estes Park's Wool Market Workshop, What to do with the Braid you Just Bought.
Friday PM
Meagan Condon

What to Do with that Braid You Just Bought

You just impulse bought a beautiful braid of indie dyed fiber in the vendor hall. It matches nothing else in your stash. You don’t just want to ply it against itself. Now what? In this class, we’ll explore color handling methods, including fractal plying, chain plying, and creating a “true

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Aran knit cap of Estes Park's Wool Market Workshop
Friday PM
Jennifer Daley

Irish Aran Islands Cabled Knitting

Knit a traditional Irish Aran Islands cabled hat with limited edition hand-dyed wool yarn! Join us for a fun and educational day of knitting colorful cables! This class includes a knitting kit with yarn and a printed Knitting Jenny pattern.

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Friday PM
Kira Dulaney

Creative Tapestry Weaving

Weaving is an ancient art that is easy to learn yet has endless possibilities, and tapestry weaving is a wonderful introduction. Unleash your creativity while playing with color and texture! We will use a simple frame loom to make an artistic wall hanging while exploring plain weave as well as

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Friday All Day Workshops

Spinning consistent yarn workshop sample Spinning consistent yarn workshopn - spindles full of colorful yarn
Friday All Day
Shilo Weir

Level Up: Spin a Consistant Yarn

Unlock the secrets to spinning yarn with control and consistency! In this hands-on, single-day workshop, you’ll discover how wheel mechanics, drafting techniques, fiber prep, and your own spinning style all influence the yarn you create. Whether you’re ready to move beyond the basics or want to troubleshoot common challenges, this

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Wool Market Workshop for Botanical Printing - Heat Press Method, Estes Park
Friday All Day
Carol Garnand

Botanical Printing-Heat Press Method

Want to have lovely botanical prints (leaves, flowers and seeds on your own fabric for quilting or sewing? Come learn the heat press method for botanical printing. Everyone gets to try tests on cotton paper and silk squares then the final project will be prints on vintage fabric such as

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Introduction to Double Knitting sample
Friday All Day
Paula Koerner

Introduction to Double Knitting

Learn the basic technique of double knitting and create a cell phone purse and gift bag with two colors of yarn. Explore the different applications of double knitting and how you can apply it to garments to make pockets.

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Estes Park Wool Market Workshop Adventures in Drum Carding 2
Friday All Day
Henry Clemes

Getting the Most Out of Your Drum Carder

In this workshop, students turn a handful of fleece into four different fiber preparations. Unlock your (and your drum carder’s) potential in this action-packed, hands-on fiber prep primer for beginners and seasoned fiber artists. All materials, carders, and tools will be provided by the instructors.

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Estes Park Wool Market Workshop Spin Goldilocks
Friday All Day
Maggie Casey

Spin Goldilocks

Using fleece from some well-known breeders we will use carders, combs and flickers to prepare the locks and then spin woolen, worsted and the in betweens. We’ll also spin some medium wool braids. You will be delighted to know just how useful and versatile wool from these breeds can be.

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Estes Park Wool Market Workshop Spiraling Basketry Fibers 1
Friday All Day
Linda Lugenbill

Spiraling Basketry Fibers

This workshop is designed as an intro or a refresher to traditional wicker basketry techniques.This project highlights continuous weaving techniques using 2 and 3 weavers. Your choice of round and flat weaver combinations as well as combinations of hard and soft fibers in a range of colors and textures allows

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Estes Park Wool Market workshop Electric Sheep: Exploring eSpinning 1
Friday All Day
Liza Q. Wirtz

Electric Sheep: Exploring E-spinning

Take some e-spinners for, well, a spin! In the first half of this experiential, process-oriented class designed for folks starting their spinning journey, you’ll take a guided tour of at least ten different e-spinners, learning how they resemble and differ from both one another and their acoustic brethren. In the

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Transforming Color botanical dyeing sample 4
Friday All Day
TeDi Jansen

Transforming Color: A Botanical Dye Adventure

This workshop welcomes beginners and returning dyers who want a deeper exploration of botanical dyeing. We’ll work in depth with three botanical dyestuffs to see how each can be transformed with pH adjustments, iron modifiers, and simple color mixing. Students will leave with samples or swatches, notes, and the confidence

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Friday All Day
Tammy Jordan

Fiber Prep 101 – The Basics

Are you new to fiber processing or wanting to learn how to start from the beginning? If so, this is the perfect class for you! During this class we’ll cover the basic types of wool and best preparation practices including skirting, picking, washing, carding, and combing.

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Two Day Workshops - Thursday & Friday

Scandinavian Skinnfells for the Wool Market Workshops in Estes Park
Two Day
Anette Karlsson - Garcia

Scandinavian Skinnfells

Learn how to make Skinnfells – beautiful handmade sheepskin blankets with decorative patterns. A traditional Scandinavian handcraft technique with long history in Sweden & Norway. You will learn basic hand sewing techniques and how to use wood block printing to personalize your own project. We will cover basic knowledge such

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Estes Park Wool Market Workshop, Continuous Strand Weaving 1
Two Day
Bex Oliger

Continuous Strand Weaving on the Large Adjustable Looms

Complete a large triangular shawl, a baby blanket or a rectangular scarf using the magical Continuous Strand Weaving Method on our large, adjustable frame looms. This ingenious technique warps the loom as you weave – and you only have to do half the weaving! Basic weaves, color changes, twills, connecting

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In the event that you must withdraw from a workshop that you have purchased, please contact events@estes.org.  There is a $25 cancellation fee per cancelled workshop.  You will receive a refund less the cancellation fee for workshops cancelled on or prior to May 12, 2026.  Cancellations will not be accepted after May 12, 2026, but you may transfer your workshop to another person.  If another person takes your place in a workshop, please contact us so that the workshop instructor can be notified.  If you have any questions, please contact Kayleigh Schissel at 970-577-3904 or kschissel@estes.org.  All registrations include lunch.