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-We are a maker space for fiber and textile arts,
so we have members who pay a monthly fee
to get to come and use the looms
and the spinning wheels and the sewing machines,
and then we do workshops open to the public
for people to learn how to do all those arts.
Because we're a new business, a lot of our workshops
are focused on the introductory level.
So getting people into the arts
and learning how to use all the equipment.
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-My name is Pam Uchida.
I'm a fiber lover, textile lover.
I sew, I knit and I crochet, and I've always wanted to weave.
You learn something different from each teacher.
-So when you're done with that, come to the table.
In the meantime, I'm going to do a little research.
-She really stressed how you just keep going forward.
She said, "So if you lose your way,
pick a thread, any thread."
She said that over and over and it worked.
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That was the coolest part.
I like how your brain and your entire body
is involved in the process.
You have this yarn and you can pick any one you want,
and then you make what's in your head,
rather than buying something that's almost what you want,
but not quite.
You get to fashion it from scratch,
and that's very satisfying.
-I love color,
so color's like my --
I call it my love language.
I love curating how colors play together,
and I like having a space small enough
that you can really kind of have a point of view.
-So if you're spinning a really fine single,
you can move this back and forth and pull towards you,
and it'll tighten up. -Oh, there it is. Okay.
And then you can pull this way. -Uh-huh. Yeah.
-Okay.
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-My name is Joselle Garfias, and I've been doing yarn work
since I was in middle school --
knitting, sewing, and recently I got into weaving.
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-I consider myself a lifelong learner,
so I'm always learning something.
And this is something new and exciting.
It's really fun.
-So up and around, up and around
and a little longer tail.
And now just spin it with your fingers.
Beautiful! Keep going.
-Well, when you're first starting,
there's a lot of, you know, mental activity --
move this first, this goes here, this goes there.
But then as you start getting better at it,
there's kind of a zen place that you get to
where it is really calming.
It's really soothing.
I spent all week at work going, "I can't wait to weave,"
and so I think that I'm going to be doing this for a long time.
-I am really interested in storytelling,
and by having all of those crafts together,
you can really learn the story
of how fiber gets converted into fabric
and other kinds of projects.
We want to be a safe space for people to come and explore
and feel creative and inspired.
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-Learn more about Wool Friends and their classes
at wool-friends.com