This is an excellent hands-on class for beginning and intermediate soap makers, focusing on cold-process recipes featuring beeswax, clays and natural fragrances.

All materials are supplied--you bring protective eyewear, an apron (or wear old clothes), and a towel to insulate your very own soap mold (supplied) containing the equivalent of 4 round bars of soap.

A festive gift-buying event featuring more than 100 local artisans offering items for everyone on your list! Enjoy live classical music, free coffee and pastries from Marsee Baking, plus FREE Goodie bags for the first 100 guests through the door!

Learn traditional feltmaking techniques to create a holey felt scarf—without using scissors. You will use just dyed wool roving, hot soapy water and the agitation of your hands to make a one-of-a-kind piece. After taking this workshop you will be armed with the skills to make many more on your own.

This workshop is held at the well-equipped PenFelt Studio in the Sunnyside neighborhood of SE Portland.

About the instructor: LeBrie Rich is the proprietress of PenFelt, a line of felt wearables
and objects available in select craft galleries nationally. Her work has ben featured in

Learn to make pom poms both with a commercial pom pom maker and without. You’ll learn how to make patterned pom poms (think stripes!) and experiment with all kinds of yarn. Make a garland so festive and fun you’ll want to leave it up year round.

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About the instructor: LeBrie Rich is the proprietress of PenFelt, a line of felt wearables
and objects available in select craft galleries nationally. Her work has ben featured in
The New York Times and 1000 Artisan Textiles by Lark Press. She has been teaching
feltmaking for 8 years and loves to turn newbies onto this amazing craft.

Make a felted cozy that perfectly fits your i-phone! Or digital camera. Or Blackberry. Or i-pod. Once you start, you can’t stop. Learn the wet felting technique to make a seamless pouch of cuteness and function. Beginners and intermediate felters welcome.

Saturday, October 6, 2012
12:30-3pm

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About the instructor: LeBrie Rich is the proprietress of PenFelt, a line of felt wearables
and objects available in select craft galleries nationally. Her work has ben featured in
The New York Times and 1000 Artisan Textiles by Lark Press. She has been teaching

Make a yarn-version of the classic Christmas ball tree ornament. You will learn how to make a giant puffy pom-pom with a wintry scene on it!

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About the instructor: LeBrie Rich is the proprietress of PenFelt, a line of felt wearables
and objects available in select craft galleries nationally. Her work has ben featured in
The New York Times and 1000 Artisan Textiles by Lark Press. She has been teaching
feltmaking for 6 years and loves to turn newbies onto this amazing craft.

Make a simple and elegant felted handbag out of wool roving. You'll learn how to use a plastic resist to felt a seamless vessel -- no side sewing required! For beginners or those with some felting experience.

About the instructor: LeBrie Rich is the proprietress of PenFelt, a line of felt wearables
and objects available in select craft galleries nationally. Her work has ben featured in
The New York Times and 1000 Artisan Textiles by Lark Press. She has been teaching
feltmaking for 6 years and loves to turn newbies onto this amazing craft.

Nuno Felting is a process of combining wool roving and fine cloth like cotton, silk or poly chiffon. The result is a light and fabulously textured textile. Great for beginners.

Sunday, October 21, 2012
1-5 pm

About the instructor: LeBrie Rich is the proprietress of PenFelt, a line of felt wearables
and objects available in select craft galleries nationally. Her work has ben featured in
The New York Times and 1000 Artisan Textiles by Lark Press. She has been teaching
feltmaking for 6 years and loves to turn newbies onto this amazing craft.

Felting 101: Trivets, Coasters & Placemats

Learn the fundamentals of wet felting with wool roving by making a collection of gorgeous utilitarian housewares. You’ll learn basic felting & fulling procedure and properties of different varieties of wool. This class is a super fun way for beginners to get their hands wet felting!

Sunday, October 14, 2012
1 pm – 4 pm

About the instructor: LeBrie Rich is the proprietress of PenFelt, a line of felt wearables
and objects available in select craft galleries nationally. Her work has ben featured in

Felted Slippers

Learn to make slippers using a plastic resist as the pattern. Students will come away with one completed pair of slippers and the know-how to make more for any sized foot. Suitable for adventurous beginners or those with some felting experience.

Sunday, October 7, 2012
10 am – 3:30 pm

About the instructor: LeBrie Rich is the proprietress of PenFelt, a line of felt wearables
and objects available in select craft galleries nationally. Her work has ben featured in
The New York Times and 1000 Artisan Textiles by Lark Press. She has been teaching