Coleen's love of spinning and dyeing, which she teaches throughout North America, has taken her on interesting adventures. Her work as a labourer on a silk farm in northern Laos led her to develop a passion for silk reeling to produce the fine yarns she uses in her knitted lace and miniature cut pile rugs. Her articles on silk and silk reeling have been published in Spin-Off and Ply magazines and her work has appeared in juried shows across Canada and the United States. Coleen holds a Master Spinner Certificate from the Olds College Master Spinner Program. In her spare time, Coleen enjoys ziplining, rearing silk worms and spinning with tigers.