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Our 2026 Teachers

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Beverly Anglin (Madison MS)

Beverly is teaching:

Beginner Tunisian Crochet – Friday 9am- 12pm

Mosaic Knitting – Friday 1pm-5pm

Zoom Loom – Saturday 9am-4pm

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Katie Clark (Madison, MS)

Katie Clark has been crocheting and knitting for 30 years. For many years, she taught friends and family and anyone who would sit still long enough how to stitch. It finally occurred to her in 2009 to teach professionally and began offering classes at the Knit Studio in Jackson, Mississippi and the Bill Waller Craft Center in Ridgeland, Mississippi.
She now teaches regionally and writes patterns as Katie Clark Crochet which are available on Ravelry. Her first published pattern is available in the Spring 2019 issue of Interweave Crochet Magazine. She is a proud member of the Craftsmen’s Guild of Mississippi, Chimneyville Weavers and Spinners Guild, and the Crochet Guild of America. She lives in Madison, Mississippi with her husband, daughter, two cats, and a ridiculous stash of yarn.

Katie is teaching:

Fixing Knitting Mistakes – Friday 9am-12pm

Making a Sweater That Fits – Friday 1pm-4pm

Top Down Sock Construction – Saturday 1pm-4pm

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Jonee Davis (Wheaton, MO)

Jonee has been active in the fiber arts since 1991. She first learned to weave then took up spinning. She is also an avid crocheter while dabbling in all the other aspects relating to fibers. She feels that we are never too young or too old to learn new things about the world of fiber arts and loves to share whatever knowledge she has with others. Jonee has a small hobby farm where she and her husband are the caretakers of dairy and boer goats, horses, alpacas, sheep, LGD’s, and all the other livestock that come with a farm.

Jonee is teaching:

Simply Charming Sheep – Friday 9am-1pm

Learning to Twine – Friday 1pm-5pm

Introduction to Natural Dyes – Saturday 9am-12pm

Crocheted Socks – Saturday 12:30pm – 4pm

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Jo Jones (Murphysboro, IL)

I was taught knitting as a child, picked it back up in 2006 and started to teach myself how to read a knitting pattern. With extra time in 2020, I fell down the rabbit hole of YouTube knitting podcasts and started knitting “all the things” and finally conquering a sock. Since then, you will always find a sock in progress in my purse. I also have knit socks every year for my family at Christmas and have had to figure out how to fit different shaped feet. I love to share my knowledge of socks, and I teach sock classes at The Southern Needle in Ridgeland, MS.

Jo is teaching:

Sock Heel Construction – Saturday 9am-11am

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Kelly Jones (Murphysboro, IL)

Kelly Jones has been knitting and weaving for over 15 years. She is the owner of Kiss Looms Adjustable Gauge Knitting and Weaving Looms. Kelly has taught classes at DFW Fiber Fest, Midwest Fiber Festival, NWA Fiber Fest, Hoosier Hills, and Birchwood Fiber Fest, as well as many others over the years. She loves to teach new people to knit or weave and believes that looms are a great resource for those with hand difficulties to be able to continue to accomplish the hobbies they love.

Kelly is teaching:

Pin Loom Weaving – Friday 9am-12pm

Rectangle Loom Weaving – Friday 1pm-4pm

Triangle Shawl Weaving – Saturday 1pm-4pm

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Bex Oliger (Columbia, MO)

Bex Oliger grew up in her mother’s fiber arts studio and has been weaving, spinning, natural dyeing and knitting for over 40 years. She and her husband own Hillcreek Yarn & Fiber, LLC in Columbia, MO and travel the country to teach and vend at Fiber Festivals from the Rockies to Appalachia, but especially the Ozarks. Bex teaches adventurous knitting, natural dyeing and/or continuous strand weaving at most of the festivals plus folks schools and camps like John C Campbell Folk School and Ozark Cultural Crafts Co-op, and for guilds and yarn stores around the country.

Bex is teaching:

Knitted Brioche Rib Primer – Friday 9am-12pm

Toe-Up, Two-At-A-Time Socks – Friday 1pm-4pm

Continuous Strand Weaving Beyond the Basics – 2 Colors – Saturday 9am-12pm

25 Things You Didn’t Know About Knitting – Saturday 1pm-4pm

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Donna Peyton (Madison, MS)

Donna is originally from Charleston, South Carolina.  After living on the Mississippi Gulf and in Auburn, Alabama, Donna moved to the metro Jackson area in 2001.  She has been knitting since 1993 and spinning her own yarn since 2009.  A member of the Chimneyville Weavers and Spinners Guild, she has taught knitting and spinning classes for several years.  She is a tech editor and pattern designer for The Degarge series of books by Cooperative press.

Donna is teaching:

Beginning Drop Spinning – Saturday 9am-11am

Tatting – Saturday 1pm-4pm

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