Event Calendar
![Loading Events](https://villagegreennj.com/wp-content/plugins/the-events-calendar/src/resources/images/tribe-loading.gif)
- This event has passed.
From Fleece to Cloth — Shearing, Spinning, and Weaving
April 30, 2017 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Free![](https://villagegreennj.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/9c3d8667-5f33-4744-b255-6af772c25c85.jpg)
Spinning—twisting a fiber such as wool into thread or yarn—and weaving that thread or yarn to create cloth is an art and a craft dating back thousands of years. On April 30 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Durand-Hedden visitors will be given the opportunity to explore this tradition and witness how cloth is made, from shearing sheep to spinning thread to weaving into cloth.
- Watch a shearer collect fleece from two woolly visitors from Kafka Farms
- See members of the Essex County Spinners Guild demonstrate that the craft of hand spinning is alive and well in the 21st
- Watch weaving students and their teacher from Columbia High School’s craft program show the basics of how thread is woven into cloth
- Participate as these CHS students lead young visitors in a weaving activity
- View Durand-Hedden’s frame loom, spinning wheels, and other apparatus – once commonplace in the 18th and 19th centuries
The event is free. Donations are appreciated.