Learn to Spin: Drop Spindle

Do you want to learn how to spin you own yarn? Join spinner & fibre artist Lorna Ash of Shades of Ewe Fibreworks and explore how to make your own yarn using a drop spindle. You'll learn essential spinning basics like fibre selection, drafting and plying, so you can gain the skills to make yarns you love.

You will learn:

·       Spinning vocabulary

·       How to spin singles on a top-whorl drop spindle

·       About the properties of wool

·       About different fibre preparations and how those differences affect your spinning and your projects

·       How to make a 2-ply yarn

·       How to wet finish your yarn

·       How to use your yarn in your projects

Materials: Participants will receive 50g of wool and will have access to a basic drop spindle to use during the workshop.  You're encouraged to bring your own drop spindle, if you have one that you want to use during class.

Class size: 10 people maximum

Skill level: No experience necessary

Class fee: $95 (includes 4 hours of instruction + materials).  Shades of Ewe fibre will be available for purchase after class.  A limited number of drop spindles will also be available, should you want to buy your own.

Scholarships: A limited number of $30 scholarships are available for this class.  If a scholarship would help make it more affordable for you to learn to spin, enter the code SpinThisSpring when you register for class. No need to explain or make a special request.

Location: gobsmacked yarn, 6 Ford Lane, Sackville, New Brunswick

Cancellation policy: Registration fees are refundable (minus a 10% admin fee) until 24 hours prior to class.  No refunds are available within 24 hours of class.  (If you are sick, please do not come to class; contact me to make alternate arrangements.)