Beginner Spinning on a Drop Spindle & the Properties of Wool – Lorna Ash
Do you want to learn how to spin your own yarn? Join spinner & fibre artist Lorna Ash of Shades of Ewe Fibreworks and explore how to make your own yarn using a drop spindle.
Duration: 4 hours | Capacity: 12
Location: Level 2 – Oak Room
Lorna will be teaching essential spinning basics like fibre selection, drafting and plying, so you can gain the skills to make yarns you love.
In this workshop, participants will learn:
- Spinning vocabulary
- How to spin singles on a top-whorl drop spindle
- About the properties of wool
- About different fibre preparations and how those differences affect your spinning and your projects
- How to make a 2-ply yarn
- How to wet finish your yarn
- How use your yarn in your projects
Lorna Ash
Lorna Ash is a life-long crafter who discovered spinning while looking for the perfect, textured yarn for rug hooking. She then merged her desire for hand dyed & textured yarns with her background in science and adult education, resulting in Shades of Ewe Fibreworks, where she makes hand-dyed, …
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