{"id":20683,"date":"2024-09-04T19:16:49","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T02:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/michael-kelson\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T15:30:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T22:30:59","slug":"michael-kelson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/michael-kelson\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Kelson\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" data-src=\"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kelson.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20733 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kelson.jpg 500w, https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kelson-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kelson-150x150.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 500px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 500\/500;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Michael Kelson (he\/him\/his) is the coordinator for the annual Men\u2019s Fall Knitting Retreat and the Seattle Men Who Knit meet-up. His methodical, sample-based approach to spinning instruction resonates with students of all levels. Michael has taught spinning classes at fiber festivals across the country including Madrona, Columbia Gorge Fiber Festival, NWRSA Conference, Black Sheep Gathering, Fiber Fusion, Ply Away, and Red Alder. <br><br>By day he is a software engineering professional, but on weekends he\u2019s usually out and about with his miniSpinner in tow. <br><br>The best compliment he ever received from a student was, \u201cI learned stuff I didn\u2019t even know I needed to know!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Workshops:<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/workshops__trashed\/spinning-201\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"20813\">Spinning 201 \u2013 Beyond the Basics<\/a> (1 Day) <strong>Cancelled due to low enrollment <\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/workshops__trashed\/textured-yarns-for-weaving\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"20814\">Textured Yarns for Weaving<\/a> (1 Day) <strong>Cancelled due to low enrollment <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Seminars:<\/strong><br>None<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Categories:<\/strong><br>Spinning<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Website: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/spinpossible.com\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"spinpossible.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">spinpossible.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Kelson (he\/him\/his) is the coordinator for the annual Men\u2019s Fall Knitting Retreat and the Seattle Men Who Knit meet-up. His methodical, sample-based approach to spinning instruction resonates with students of all levels. Michael has taught spinning classes at fiber festivals across the country including Madrona, Columbia Gorge Fiber Festival, NWRSA Conference, Black Sheep Gathering,&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/michael-kelson\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Michael Kelson\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20683","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-instructor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20683"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26798,"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20683\/revisions\/26798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}