Astoria Fiber Arts Academy

When the email arrived describing the Astoria Fiber Arts Academy Peggy might have been as excited as when she got the initial email from Robyn Kuhl and Carrie Hull describing fiber sorting. Could not believe that such a cool resource was going to be right at our finger tips.  Here is a short description of what they plan to offer the community:

Opening January 2, 2010

The Astoria Fiber Arts Academy welcomes visitors to its location in downtown Astoria, Oregon.


Visitors will find several communal work areas - one for weavers and their looms, and a second area for hand-held crafts such as knitting, crocheting, and embroidery.


The Academy has a retail outlet where one can purchase locally dyed yarns as well as products created by local craftspersons.


Classes are offered in over nine categories of fiber arts. Immersion classes are weekend long sessions designed for both local residents and visitors to the area, with options to stay in local hotels within walking distance of the academy. Individual classes are offered in specialized topics.

Alpacas at Tucker Creek is already a member and Peggy has signed up for a rug weaving class in February and has offered her services as a volunteer and/or instructor.  This is a wonderful new resource to our area that blends well with our overall business philosophy and warrants our support. 

We will keep you posted on the rug making success--Peggy is just a novice--but maybe we will have an opportunity to create an alternative for processing our lowest grade fiber without incurring the freight costs of sending them to Texas.  " I'm a rug making newby--I can dream."