Start Spinning: Learn to Spin or Refresh Your Skills with Maggie Casey
About Start Spinning: Learn to Spin or Refresh Your Skills with Maggie Casey
Spider Woman taught the Navajo to spin with spindles of lightning and turquoise. Gandhi encouraged the people of India to spin every day for meditation and economic freedom. Rumpelstiltskin spun straw into gold and Sleeping Beauty pricked her finger on her spindle. History and fable are full of tales of spinning and its effect on the people who do it. If you have always wanted to spin, have taught yourself a little, or haven’t spun for a while, this workshop will help you gain skill and confidence. Starting with an easy to spin commercial fiber we’ll practice, and get used to the wheel. Next we will work with a beautiful fleece, learn to card, spin some more, ply and set the twist. We’ll look at woolen and worsted techniques and our last spin will be a dyed braid. Spinning straw into gold may be beyond our reach, but beautiful yarn is not!
Materials, Equipment, and Supplies the Student Must Bring to Class
An assembled spinning wheel or e-spinner in good working condition and all its parts
Lazy Kate and at least 3 bobbins
Wool hand cards, if you already have them
Materials Fee (to be paid directly to the instructor)
$40 - includes carded and combed wool, wool and silk top, fleece, and notebook.
Pre-class Homework
None
When
This live in-person seminar will meet on Wednesday and Thursday, April 29 and 30th, from 9am to 4pm with a one hour lunch break, for a total of 12 hours of instruction.
Class Location
Turf Valley Resort – Waverly Room
How It Works
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