2020 Learn to Spin on a Treadle Spinning Wheel

Basic Spinning Workshop

Learn to spin beautiful skeins of yarn

Instructor: Susan Conover

Prerequisites: None

Max Enrollment: 6

Price: $165 (includes all instruction time and materials)

A functioning treadle spinning wheel is required or rent one from us for an additional $45 for the duration of the class.

Date Offered: Saturday mornings from 9:30am-noon, September 26, October 3, 10, 17, 2020

This workshop meets for a 2-1/2 hour period on four consecutive weeks. This is a must for anyone interested in creating higher quality yarn than you can purchase at a fraction of the cost. You must be prepared to practice thirty minutes a day between sessions and bring a functioning treadle spinning wheel (or rent one from us).

Susan Conover believes in teaching the basics so that you thoroughly understand the craft. Following are highlights of what this informative workshop will cover:

• Preparation of fiber to produce woolen and worsted yarns.
• The treadle spinning wheel and how ratios affect its function.
  
• Picker, hand carders, wool combs and drum carder demonstrations.
• Plying of single yarn to produce a soft 2-ply yarn.
• Become familiar with the equipment used for winding yarn: the ball winder, umbrella swift, niddy-noddy, click reel, skein winder, etc.
• Washing and setting your skeins.

Please note: If you miss a session and need to make it up there will be an additional $25/hour charge.