


The 2027 retreat is open to our previous attendees until January 1st! We are limiting our attendees to 50 for the 2027 retreat, and once our previous attendees have had a chance to sign up, you will be able to sign up to join us beginning January 1st!
If you are a previous attendee trying to sign up, check your email! If 2027 will be your first retreat with us, check back here for a link to sign up after January 1st.
Regardless, once you have signed up for the retreat, you can call Capon Springs and Farms at (304) 874-3695 to book your lodging. Booking your lodging ahead of time will not increase your chances of getting into the retreat. If we sell out quickly, we will plan for a way to have a few "auxillary" retreat folks come too (i.e. friends that would be able to hang out with us, eat with us, but would not be taking classes or getting a swag bag). stay tuned for more info pending how many sign ups we get.
REFUND POLICY - FULL REFUNDS MINUS A $10 ADMIN FEE WILL BE OFFERED UNTIL JULY 1st 2027 - IF WE FILL UP, WE WILL HAVE A WAITING LIST!


Windings and Circlings + Needle Felted/Embroidery Earrings - Make and take your own embroidery hoop project! Weave using the circlings or windings technique, needle felt or embroidery a pendant or earrings. Drop-in whenever you want after check-in and before dinner.
Brioche Basics - This class provides you with the support to make your own 2 color reversible cowl using the Brioche Knit and Brioche Purl stitches. We will be working in the round on a circular needle. Students must be able to knit and purl confidently.
Batt Making/Carding to Spin - Learn to card your own fiber batt! To be used for spinning, or wet felting. Q will guide you on how to blend fibers on combs, blending board, and drum carder. One full art-batt included in the class.
Freestyle Weaving - Learn to weave freestyle and free-spirited on a simple, easy-to-use two-harness 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!)
Fixing Knitting Mistakes + Mending/Darning - Learn to fix some common knitting mistakes; drop stitches, miss-crossed cables, oops that's a purl in my stockinette, and more. Students will also learn some basic mending and darning techniques. If you have projects with mistakes, or something that needs mended, bring it!
Crock Pot Dyeing - Learn the basics of dyeing yarn with acid-dyes in this fun, hands-on workshop. Students will have their own mini-crockpot to play with color!
Incorporating Crochet Granny Squares into Your Knitting - There have been lots of cute tops combining granny squares and knitting. Let's talk about how to stitch together knitting and crochet!
Wet Felting Batts - Those beautiful art batts you made earlier in the weeks, let's make them into more permanent works of art with wet felting!
Brioche Next Steps - Have you mastered the art of "brking" and "brping" and ready to add some more complicated stitches to your repertoire? In "Brioche Next Steps", we cover how to increase and decrease in the world of tuck stitches, AKA brioche. We will work on a small mug-rug with a herringbone pattern in two colors.
Sweater Fit - Measuring and Fiber Lecture - All it takes is a little planning and a little math to help make your sweaters fit perfectly. In this class we go over the basic formulas you can use to make any sweater fit. We will also discuss choosing a sweater pattern, fiber content choices, and how they influences your fit.

Madison, Alabama - The Foldout Cat offers a wide variety of fiber and yarn bases, hand-dyed in bold, rich colors. They stick to a cat-based theme, so all their fiber and yarn bases are named for cute kitties! Q teaches spinning and weaving classes at fiber festivals, retreats, and get togethers all over the country.

Fayetteville, Arkansas - Yarn Adventure Truck is a yarn shop on wheels specializing in hand-dyed yarns and fibers from small-batch dyers across the US. They also carry notions, fiber arts tools, and accessories from many other small-batch makers for a well-rounded shopping experience.

Johnson's Mill West Virginia - Granite Mountain offers hand-dyed yarns, hand-crafted stitch markers, and fiber arts notions, all with a fun flair. Gabby is also local to West Virginia!
Contact us at yarnadventuretruck@gmail.com if you have any questions. This will be a great option to spend a week in the Northern Virginia/West Virginia area after visiting Shenandoah Valley Fiber Festival.
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