Next course Friday 25th- Saturday 26th September 2020 Fully booked – new dates soon
£150 for 2 day course 9.30 -4pm each day
Lock spun yarn
Spinning fancy yarns
Suitable for spinners who know the basics
Day 1
Irregular preparation – blending and marl yarns
Irregular spinning – slubs, singles, core and lock spinning
We will blend a variety of fibres and colours as preparation for our yarns
We will spin slubs (deliberately), lock spin, corespin and prepare more singles for our plying on day 2
By the end of the day you will
- Blended some fibres
- Spun them in different ways
- Spun some irregular yarns
Day 2 Plying
We will use our spinning on day one for plying. We will spiral ply, add binders to lock and corespun singles, make boucle and if time try a few other fun techniques.
by the end of the day you will
- have had fun seeing how this yarns come together
- plied a selection of fancy yarns
Course includes
Tea and coffee, biscuits and cake
Fibre pack with a range of fibre and preparations for each day
Please bring
- wheel if you have one,
- lazy kate,
- spare bobbins,
- pen and paper,
- packed lunch
- Arrive 9.30 for introductions and welcome drink and biscuits
- 12.30 lunch (Bring a packed lunch)
- Course finishes 4.30pm
Additional fibre will be available to purchase – individually priced
Contact me for new dates – if two people wish to book I can arrange dates to suit you
Email beechwoodcraft@gmail.com
or call me 07850 716602
thanks Cath
