Jean Sharp is a spinner and weaver who learned the craft at her Grandma’s knee. She uses a variety of local and international sourced fibres; blended, spun and dyed to create unique yarns suitable for weaving and knitting projects.

Bernadette Quade is an experienced spinner who first learned from Tina Visser at the University of Saskatchewan, Regina campus. She continues to build on that experience by attending workshops given by a variety of excellent instructors, and with practice. For the past few years she has been exploring the amazing qualities of the endangered Cotswold sheep breed that once made England wealthy. Cotswold is sometimes called the poor man’s mohair and is known for its lovely luster, length and durability. Bernadette hand cards, drum cards, or combs the majority of her fibre and tries different dye techniques on her handspun yarn.  Occasionally she buys stunning, irresistible dyed fibre from talented dyers and fibre blenders that she spins and plies by hand. She is a great supporter of the 100 mile initiative, buying fleece from shepherds close to home, but from time to time succumbs to the lure of silk from far, far away. Linen is another temptation that Bernadette finds irresistible and has found new Canadian initiatives to support. Cashmere and angora are also happily accepted into her hands, along with alpaca, llama, just about any fibre is welcomed! Her next challenge hasn’t been clearly defined, but it is on the horizon and she’d enjoy talking with you about it.