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Spinning fibers with local artist

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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

A fiber art demonstration by Gail Johnston will be held at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, July 26, at the Jackson County Public Library. She will be demonstrating carding and loom spinning techniques with a variety of fibers.

Johnston, a registered nurse, owns a company called Hippie Chix Fiber Art. She will bring a variety of home-grown fibers that she sheared herself from her llamas and mohair goats as well as fibers from around the world to her demonstration. She also teaches fiber art at Southwestern Community College.

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