202 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.
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$35 covers washed styles/breeds of fleece, some naturally dyed homegrown fleece, handouts
- Spinning wheel, e-spinner or hand spindle
- A braid or coil of top or roving from your stash, dyed or solid
- Extension cord (for e-spinners)
- Hand cards, drum carder and combs if you have them or can borrow.
- 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 Owen is a Creative Programming Assistant at the John C Campbell Folkschool in Brasstown, North Carolina, in spinning, knitting, felt making, surface design, and dyeing. She began spinning and natural dyeing in 1978. By 1984 she was teaching spinning, natural dyeing, and knitting design. Since 1980 her extended family has included sheep (currently Shetland and BFL crosses) and angora rabbits (French). Her children say she is a wool nerd but her sheep say she is out-standing in her field!
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