North House Folk School

Lesley’s passion for fiber and folk life has led her across the globe: from volunteering with rare-breed sheep in Wales; weaving in the attic studio of village elders who speak a dying language that predates modern Swedish; to hand-beading garments and storytelling. In addition to growing and supplying natural dyes, she is an avid yarn spinner and raises angora fiber, knits, weaves, and designs historically rooted goods.

Specializing in land-based and locally rooted practices, she teaches workshops for beginners and advanced students with humor while sparking their curiosity for fiber and folk culture. Based in Nebraska, Lesley is an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation. She is a grower, a traveller, and an activist; a Fulbright awardee, and a dyer for Pattie Gonia, among many other endeavours.