Beginner Drop Spindle Spinning Course: in-person

Take your imagination and crafting skills to the next level through the magic of spinning wool into yarn! In this 4-hour class/workshop/course, you will learn everything you need to know to create your very own yarns from start to finish.

Skill needed: the ability to do the following movements

• Raise arms above head occasionaly
• Pinch fingers together
• Use fingers to twist a stick very quickly
• Bend down to pick an item up off the floor

What you will learn:

• The different parts of a spindle and how they are used
• How to draft fiber to determine thickness and eventually consistency of your yarn (comes with experience)
• Twisting spindle the same direction each time
• Park and draft spinning
• Winding your singles onto a storage device
• Plying from two singles the opposite direction than you originally spun the singles
• Wind your plied yarn into a hank and tie figure-eight ties
• Washing your yarn
• Setting the twist through thwacking or snapping
• Why we set the twist and what that does to your yarn
• A little bit about staple length and wool types, how that affects your spinning
• How to avoid felting your wool/yarn

Supplies included in the class:

• Spindle
• Various fibers and fiber preps to practice with up to 4 ounces

You keep spindle, leftover fiber, and finished yarn.