Fun with Felting at the Moorhead Library 2011
1. February 5th from 1-4:00 p.m.
Wild & Wooly with Lynn Cooper of the Textile Center of MN
ages 6 and up (ages 6-9 should be accompanied by an adult).
Join us for a felting adventure - wrangle some wool fiber in to fuzzy creatures and felt paintings using just your hands! This workshop will be a sampler of different ways to work with wool fibers to make felt. We will even dye a little wool in your own custom colors. No experience necessary, just come and be ready for some fun. Each student will leave with at least two small finished pieces.
2. February 12th from 1-4:00 p.m.
Felted Bag with Julie Slaby- Ages 12 and up.
Join Julie Slaby, member of the Northern Prairie Fiber Artists Guild as she demonstrates how to make a felted bag.
3. February 19th from 1-4:00 p.m.
Felted Jewelry - Wearable Art with Lynn Cooper, Textile Center of MN- Ages 12 and up.
Learn many different ways you can transform wool fibers and fabrics in to one of a kind accessories you can wear. We will make felt beads and flowers, dabble with a little needle felted applique and learn to manipulate three dimensional shapes. Blend colors to match your favorite sweater or layer contrasting colors to make your jewelry pop. Finally, put the pieces together to make bracelets, brooches and more. No experience necessary. Each student will leave with several small finished pieces and lots of inspiration.
• Event Dates, Locations and Attendance at each individual event:
02/05/2011 – Moorhead Library -29
02/12/2011 – Moorhead Library - 24
02/19/2011 – Moorhead Library – 20
73 people attended this program.
• Partner Organization(s): Northern Prairie Artists Guild and Artsage
• Partner Organization(s) Contribution/Role in the Program:
Northern Prairie Artists Guild provided hands-on help with each program, in addition to providing help promoting the program. ArtSage helped with series promotion.
Measurable Outcomes may be collected by survey, anecdotal responses, pre-test/post-test, observations; Describe proposed end user change in Behavior, Attitude, Skills, Knowledge, Condition and/or Status.Youth and families (and adults if they wish to participate) will learn a new skill and art form of the Nordic culture.This will be an opportunity to get community members with similar interests together to share a common experience at their local library.
A summary of survey results are as follows:Please rate the quality of this program: (Using 1-5 scale, with 5 being excellent and 1 being poor)
- Not rated - (0), - (0), 2 - (2), 3 - (3), 4 - (6), 5 - (29), Average (4.55)
What did you like best about the program?
- Good teacher, but too large of project to do in time frame
- Learning what the felting process is; making a bag
- I enjoyed learning a new felting technique
- The end product was very satisfying to take home
- It was very informative & we made a useful project
- It was fun
- Informative; took too long
- Interesting craft
- Learning something new
- It was good to see the process
- (Almost) finished project
- Take home project
- Discussion of wet felting process
- Instructor was great - patient and her directions were easy to understand
- It was fun but difficult to work with
- Excellent teacher; small "do-able" projects
- Great instructor (2); wonderful space; fabulous supplies
- Learning new stuff
- Working w/felt
- The process by which you felt and the wonderful end!! (2)
- Seeing projects started & finished
- Fun, easy to do, creative
- Fun! Nice small projects
- All the findings
- The teacher was excellent (2)
- Hands on (3)
- Koolaid dying (2)
- Making the projects & painting w/koolaid
- It was fun - I had never felted before; Lynn is a very interesting teacher; her classes must really be exciting
- Something new, multifacet
- Learning a variety of things
- I loved learning how to wet felt an abstract piece of art
- Lynn was awesome with the kids; great personality for all the kids
What did you expect to experience or learn from this presentation? Were your expectations met?
- No, too many people in class, big project - not enough time to finish
- The felting process - possibly other articles
- I expected to learn felting technique and to make felted bag - my expectations were met
- Yes (18)
- I had hoped to complete a project, it was very labor intensive and hard
- How to felt a purse (4)
- Fun project in a few hours, a daylong project is not what I expected
- I thought we would be closer to a finished bag, also instructions were not clear
- The project was a bit complicated for the length of the program
- Would like an easier project
- Making jewelry as a means of using felt (2)
- How to felt (6); what to do w/it
- Expectations were met
- Fun, make something creative
- Learn to felt balls and cut in half
- Increase my knowledge of the process of felting as an art process
- I was unsure of what we were going to do exactly
- To make some crafts
- A new hobby
- I was not disappointed
- I had no idea what felting was about - we learned a lot; very interesting!
What other programs would you like to see offered at the library?
- More on healthy cooking - greens!; mini gardens
- On converter box for TV
- Intermediate or advanced knitting classes
- Dying fiber; DIY Yogurt; more needle felting
- Painting/other crafting
- Crocheting
- Other hands on programs (2)
- Something smaller and easier
- Felted books
- Digital photography
- More of the same (3)
- Beading (2)
- Anything
- Anything craft or art related
- Pastel classes, batik
- Wool dying!
- Crafts, cooking
- Dying, more needle felting, waldort dolls (making)
- Oil activity in the area - impact on the area
- Anything - creates new hobbies, interest learning experiences
- Dying fiber - wool or yarn
- Would love to have more needle felting programs or advanced knitting & felting projects
- Pokémon club
- Knitting & crocheting for left-handers
- Arts/crafts/cooking/gardening
Prior to this program, have you ever attended a program at the library or sponsored by the library? Yes (21) - No (18) How did you hear about the program?Program flier - 2Information/poster at the library - 14Information/poster in the community - 3Library newsletter - 0Library web site - 7Newspaper/magazine - 4Radio - 0Television - 0From library staff - 1From another person - 14 Check your age range: Birth to 5 (1), 6-17 (7), 18-54 (25), 55 and over (11) What is your zip code? 56560 (18) 58104 (2) 58103 (5) 58102 (9) 56573 (1) 56547 (2) Do you have a current library card? Yes - 31 No - 7 NA - 2 # of evaluations received: 40