Here's your opportunity to learn the basic techniques of bead stringing using nylon coated stainless steel wire and crimping to finish your piece. This class will include an introduction to beads, findings, tools, design and construction. During class, you will create a single strand bracelet.

Ever wondered how to make beaded earrings? This class will introduce students to earring design and basic wire wrapping techniques. You will create a pair of earrings in class, great for adding to your own jewelry collection or for gift giving!

Using a cabachon as a center piece surrounded by glass seed beads, learn this traditional technique to create either a pin or a hanging focal piece for a necklace.

Using contemporary technique, and modern styling, with leather and beads of your choice, create a unique and comfortable bracelet. Once you have learned the technique you may choose to take it to the next level on your own and make necklaces and / or wrap-around bracelets.

Knotting is a traditional technique for stringing beads. Pearls on silk thread is a classic look. A knot is tied between each bead to not only space them for greater individual prominence, but to also keep them from rubbing directly against each other.In this class you will make a bracelet and may chose to apply this method to pearls or other beads of your choice.

Learn this traditional art form in a new and contemporary medium. Lincoln Farm Design, as featured in the Boston Globe Magazine Design section, offers a portfolio of magical designs for rugs, pillows and pocketbooks. Each kit is created especially for you with the best wools and fabrics available today.

Please view our web site, lincolnfarmdesign.com, to pick out a kit prior to the class. Also, hooks and frames will be available to purchase at the class if you do not already have them.

Choosing colors and textures, in two sessions, create your own fiber masterpiece. You will get to take home a table-loom so that you may continue the fun in your own time.

Building on your kumihimo skills, begin to incorporate beads into your braids.

Students will learn how to create a beautiful 'Nuno Felt' (Nuno means fabric in Japanese). By manipulating a minimum amount of wool fiber through silk fabric you will make a felted fabric with characteristics quite different from traditional felt. Nuno felt is lightweight with drape and flexibility. There are many possibilities for transparency, exciting texture, conglomerate layering of materials with diverse characteristics, and thus great multiple dimensions. Students will create a lightweight three season scarf during class. Please be prepared to get wet, use your arms, and wear comfortable shoes!

There are many different approaches to making 3-D objects out of felt. The felt object can be made around a resist so that the wool meets and felts together to create a seam at the edges of the resist but does not connect together anywhere else. When the felt is almost complete, the object is cut open and the resist removed. This method offers lots of possibilities for the felt-maker. It is easy for a beginner and can offer challenges for an experienced felt-maker. Over a two-day workshop students will use this technique to create a unique personal handbag. Please be prepared to get wet, use your arms, and wear comfortable shoes!

Students will be introduced to the exciting process of felting. In Part One they will learn how to make wet felted beads (as opposed to needle felted or dry felted beads), 'sushi' beads, felt ropes and/or lariats, and flowers. We will discuss design and plan on producing felt components for finished jewelry. In Part Two the students will then learn how to embellish the felt beads further with seeds beads and incorporate their felt beads into a piece of jewelry, such as a necklace, earrings, bracelet or brooch.

From the fluffy soft fibers of wool you can create a three dimensional object, a hat, a vessel, a handbag mittens, or a sculpture. In this two part class you will learn the fundamentals of three dimensional felt making. The first class is devoted to designing and laying out the fibers. The second class is devoted to completing your project.

One skein, two classes, join this class to learn about knitting basics also about materials and needles so that you may create a beginning scarf you will be proud of.

Each week students will learn a new stitch and with it create a square with yarn donated by Bead + Fiber, for a community blanket which will be donated to Pine Street Inn's November 8th "Knit-A-Thon". Depending on the amount of participation and timing, if we manage to make a complete blanket, we'll hang it in the window, have a raffle, and donate the proceeds to the Pine Street Inn*. Participants are also very welcome to bring along their own projects and work on these with assistance instead. Begins on Wednesday September 9th and continues on alternating Wednesdays throughout September and October.

* The Pine Street Knit-A-Thon is in its third year and last year raised almost $20,000, assembled over forty blankets and introduced over one hundred amazing volunteers to the Pine Street Inn which runs a supportive housing program for homeless individuals at 440 Harrison Ave, Boston, 02118.

Using a newly fabricated pliable material, precious metal clay, form and embellish jewelry pieces of your choice. The precious metal clay we will be using will be sterling clay which once heated becomes solid sterling silver. Please bring notebook and pen/cil and, if you have them, emery boards, and interesting texture sources, such as fabric, coins, combs, lace, bark. This class is not project based, you get to choose what you wish to make.

Using cold joining, stamping and other fun techniques, create personal and unusual pieces to become a focal point or to incorporate into another piece.