Spinning

Spinning is creative, relaxing and therapeutic, join me to discover more.

click on course title to find out more, for further details contact me on beechwoodcraft@gmail.com or 07850 716602

Beginning spinning

A fun day learning to spin on a wheel.

Bring your own wheel or borrow one for the day

Zoom sessions

If you can’t attend a face to face session why not try zoom? These sessions are one to one to cover topics of your choice, from beginner to advanced.

Next steps in Spinning

I keep being told ‘a beginners course is very well but I want to move to the next stage’. I have now introduced a next steps course. Contact me to arrange a date. Click course title for more information.

Silk spinning

My favourite fibre is silk so sharing its secrets with others is a real treat. Click course title for more information.

Blending for spinning

A fun day using a variety of equipment to creates fabulous blends. We will look at blending for colour and texture, combining different fibres and adding bling

Spinning Art Yarns

A full day of fun, spinning and plying to create art yarns, slubs, spirals, corespun, and locks plus more

Spinning Flax to Linen

Dicover the magic of flax, dressing a distaff and wet spinning it into strong, fine yarn.

Spinning Luxury fibres

Angora, alpaca, cashmere and camel, yak, mohair and more

Plying

Learn how to achieve a balanced ply every time. We will look at 2 ply, 3 ply, chain plying (sometimes called Navajo) and Andean plying. For fun we will also discuss spiral ply and crepe and cable yarns.