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Learn about the properties of wool and how to drop spindle.
Start your spinning journey with Lorna Ash of Shades of Ewe Fibreworks. A fun and popular workshop.
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Time & Location
Nov 22, 2024, 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Sisterhood Truro, 10 Inglis Pl, Truro, NS (2nd floor, My Home Mercantile)
About The Event
Join spinner & fibre artist Lorna Ash of Shades of Ewe Fibreworks for an exploration of the craft of hand spinning using a drop spindle. You will learn essential spinning basics like fibre selection, drafting & 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 ply and finish your yarn
- How use your yarn in your projects
Skill Level: No experience necessary
All materials provided including a drop spindle to use for the class.
Questions? faith@sisterhoodfibres.com
IMPORTANT TO NOTE: This workshop is in our Truro Location. There are stairs
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