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Cecelia Campochiaro appeared on the knitting scene in 2015 with her debut book, Sequence Knitting. Knitting was a casual pastime until she had an ah-ha moment in 2010 and realized that interesting textured fabrics could be created by the simple repetition of a sequence of stitches. Sequence Knitting is about texture, and her second book, Making Marls, is about color.

Liza Q. Wirtz, better known as Q (aka the Chief Feline), runs multifaceted fiber-arts business The Foldout Cat from her home studio in Alabama with the frequent and welcome assistance of partners Fiber J and Maker J and the help of a fluctuating number of cats.

Carol James is a self-taught textile artist who has been exploring low-tech textile methods for 30 years. Focusing on sprang, she has examined items in collections across the US and Europe, and is known for her ability to replicate these historic textiles. She has also created modern garments deemed worthy of the Handweavers Guild of America fashion show.

Crystal Hesser has been spinning yarn for over a decade. She’s a regular contributor to Ply and Tiny Studios Magazines and is the creative mind behind Spin Up Girl. She shares her fiber exploits on Instagram at @spin_up_girl. Her specialties are inspired art yarns and supported spinning, but is also well-versed in traditional styles.

Diana Quinn is a seasoned quilter and embroidery artist, and she brings her lifetime love of textiles to this class. She learned to sew and embroider with her mother, grandmother, and aunt and has crafted several award-winning quilts since starting her quilting adventure in 2012.

Jen Swearington is an enthusiastic, high-energy, knowledgeable educator with twenty years’ experience in surface design and a lifetime devoted to working as an artist. She has operated Jennythreads, an independent handmade fashion studio and crafted a creative living since 2003.

Laura is a contemporary Renaissance woman living and working on her family’s century-old homestead farm outside Hayward, WI. From fiber arts to creative writing, music to storytelling, she never tires of the magic of transforming idea into form and overlapping narrative and visual.

Jenn Lampen is a passionate knitter, instructor, and knitwear designer who publishes under Synaptic Stitches—a name inspired by her background in neuroscience and her love of innovative, brain-teasing knitting techniques. She specializes in brioche knitting patterns that challenge and inspire, helping knitters gain confidence while creating stunning, textural designs.

My focus on designing weaves with the tools of our time—computers—started in the 1980s. Author of 4 books; presenter of courses both in person, online, and virtually (Zoom); but always at heart a weaver and designer.

Cassie Dickson is a heritage member of the Southern Highland Craft Guild, specializing in spinning, natural dyeing, and the traditional arts of coverlet and linen weaving. With a passion for preserving historical craftsmanship, Cassie grows flax and processes the fiber into linen, and she raises silkworms and transforms their cocoons into beautiful silk fabric.