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Bringing people together in community to celebrate the natural world through art, craft, and exploration.

Welcome to The Hive at Clear Creek Farm -- a gathering place to explore the arts, crafts and traditions that bind us to one another and to our Mother Earth

Our focus on nature-based art and crafts traditions inspired us to want to start at the very beginning– with the soil and the miraculous network of life under our feet that makes everything else possible, including the plants and animals that sustain us and provide us with fibers and pigments and more that become our “art supplies.” Our classes and workshops are loosely grouped into categories reflecting the journey from healthy soils to the art and crafted products we make from harvested and foraged natural materials.

10/30/2026

Featured Workshop: Plying with Anna Hosick-Kalahan

Come and learn ply on a spinning wheel with Anna Hosick-Kalahan, co-owner of Skagit Woolen Works, LLC .

Spinning multiple plies (singles) of handspun yarn together creates strength, balance and character. If you are comfortable spinning consistent singles on your spinning wheel, then join Anna Hosick-Kalahan – co-owner of Skagit Woolen Works — for a next step in your spinning adventures! We’ll talk about the primary points of plying for balance, including direction, amount of twist, and numbers of plies, and how setting or blocking your yarn can be the definitive final step. We’ll practice plying 2- and 3-ply yarns, while talking about different tools and techniques.

Once we’ve learned “the rules” of plying, we dive right in to a discussion on how breaking them can open the doors to non-traditional and art-yarns.

Thursday, November 12th, 5:30pm - 8pm
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10/29/2026

Featured Workshop: Knit an Entrelac Scarf with Yvonne Ellsworth

Learn the intricacies of Entrelac during this workshop. We will begin with a basic pattern and then take a closer look at our knitting. We will discuss the pros and cons of different decrease and pick up techniques to make your scarf your own. If there is time we will cover knitting backward, so you will never have to purl again.

Prerequisites: Must be comfortable with cast on, knit and purl

Skills you'll learn: Increase, decrease, short rows, pick up stitches, knitting backwards

Thursday, November 12th, 1pm - 4pm

10/28/2026

Featured Workshop: Introduction to Tapestry Weaving with Skye LaChute - Only 2 spots left!

No experience is required! In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn how to warp a frame loom, space and stabilize the warp, create a basic plain weave, and develop good weaving tension and selvedges. We’ll explore color changes, joining and blending techniques, along with one or two simple texture techniques to add dimension and interest to your work.

We’ll also cover basic finishing techniques so you can complete and take home your woven piece.

This class can be taken more than once, allowing you to build on your skills and explore new techniques with each visit.

Materials: All needed materials and supplies are included in the registration fee, but feel free to bring any leftover yarn scraps that you live from home to add color or texture to your piece.

Sunday, November 8th, 1pm - 4pm

10/27/2026

We are so proud to have such accomplished instructors teaching for us!

Karen West’s rug won Best in Show at the International Quilt & Fiber Arts Festival at the QFA Museum in La Conner, WA. Her rug is based off of drawings her son made when he was in Kindergarten. You can see her rug on display through the month of November. Stay tuned for more of her fantastic workshops!

Yvonne Ellsworth was recently published in the Winter 2026 issue of Weft Magazine. She designed a set of Woven “Paper Towels” using the leftover 8/2 cotton as a way to replace paper towels in her life. Read all about it in the issue. She has two weaving workshops coming up soon!

10/26/2026

Weaving, Natural Dyes, Spinning, Knitting, and more! - https://mailchi.mp/clearcreekfarmduvall/oct2026-tapestry

10/23/2026

UPDATE: This workshop has turned out to be so popular we’ve just added two more spots!

Featured Workshop: Introduction to Natural Plant Dyes with Alexia Allen

If you can brew a cup of tea, you can dye wool! Join us at Carnation Farms to learn basic techniques for extracting color from plants onto protein fibers like wool and silk. We'll identify some local plants you can use, talk about mordants, and dye sample yarns for you to take home. Plants we'll learn from include onions, madder, hollyhock, dahlias, with special guest appearances from indigo and lichens. The sample card in the picture is from a dye party with Valley Spinner's Guild in Snohomish.

Saturday, November 7th, 1pm - 4pm

10/22/2026

Happening on Saturday! Learn to Handpaint Yarn at Carnation Farms with Yvonne Ellsworth

Take a trip out to Carnation Farms and learn to handpaint wool yarn with our own Yvonne Ellsworth. She will cover 2-3 different dyeing techniques, including variegated stripes, tonal building of colors, and speckles. Included with the class are 2 skeins of sport weight yarn from Carnation Farms' own flock. You are welcome to bring additional wool yarn or spinning fiber. Yvonne will also have additional yarn available for purchase. If you are interested in dyeing a sweater quantity of yarn during the class, please makes sure to contact us to make sure enough supplies are on hand.

Saturday, October 24th, 1:30pm - 4:30pm

10/21/2026

Happening this Saturday! Needle Felted Pumpkins with Jennifer Piper

In this class, you'll use special barbed felting needles to shape and sculpt fluffy wool into charming pumpkins in your choice of style and colors - Jack o' lanterns for Halloween, or harvest decor just in time for Thanksgiving!

No experience necessary - the class is suitable for beginners or experienced needle felters.

All supplies will be provided, including:

Enough wool to make several small pumpkins

A needle felting kit to take home and continue crafting

Examples of different pumpkin styles for creative inspiration.

Saturday, October 24th, 1pm - 4pm

10/20/2026

Happening this Thursday, October 22nd at 5:30pm - Beginning Wheel Spinning with Anna Hosick-Kalahan of

For many textile artists, buying yarn is where their project starts. But what if you could spin the yarn yourself? You could make exactly the right yarn for the job. Join Anna Hosick-Kalahan – co-owner of Skagit Woolen Works – to learn about spinning on a spinning wheel. We’ll cover basic wheel mechanics and maintenance, the properties of wool and other spinning fibers, and start the process of spinning your first singles yarns. We’ll talk about staple length, draft, and twist, and there will be a variety of Skagit Woolen Works’ regionally-sourced wool roving to practice and play with.

Material list: Loaner wheels and materials included, but if you have your own wheel you are encouraged to bring it!

10/19/2026

Favorite Instructors, Natural Dyes, Needle Felted Pumpkins, and More! - https://mailchi.mp/clearcreekfarmduvall/oct2026-naturaldye

Address

29727 NE Big Rock Road
Duvall, WA
98019

Website

http://www.clearcreekfarmduvall.org/

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