202 From Fair Isle to Warp: Exploring the Gifts of Wool
Gain inspiration and skill at matching different fleece for different types of yarn for diverse end products like knitting, embroidery and weaving. Prepare and spin a lovely strong long wool for warp and a plump woolen for weft. It may all come from one sheep/fleece! Create a truly hand spun textile to share that shows the gifts that wool has to give.
Touch on spinning methods, wheel set ups, lessons in consistency, fulling, and more. Students will get the most from this workshop if they have the ability to happily spin a continuous yarn on their spinning device, wheel or spindle. Also, a textile creation skill that can be carried out independently, knitting, weaving etc.
$35 covers washed styles/breeds of fleece, some naturally dyed homegrown fleece, handouts
- A braid or coil of top or roving from your stash, dyed or solid
- Spinning wheel or hand spindle
- Hand cards, drum carder and combs if you have them or can borrow. (Do not go out and buy).
- Tools you like to use to make a fabric; knitting needles, crochet hook, small loom, yarn sewing needle, small pair of scissors, small bottle of baby oil, hand towel, apron
Spin every day until we meet
Martha is a Creative Programming Assistant at the John C Campbell Folkschool (folkschool.org) in Brasstown, NC, in spinning, knitting, felt making, surface design and dyeing. Her adventure in spinning and natural dyeing began at this very school in 1978. She has been teaching spinning, natural dyeing and knitting design since 1984. Her extended family includes sheep (currently Shetland and BFL crosses) and angora rabbits (French). Also a banjo player and known to tell a story or two Martha's interest in sheep and wool, music and dance has carried her literally and joyfully around the world.
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