November 1, 2025 - November 1, 2025(9am - 5pm)

Introduction to Spinning Art Yarn

Taught by: Tricia Hunt

Workshop Fee: $140.00

Spinning yarn. What began as a necessary survival skill has evolved to become a creative art resulting in one-of-a-kind, imaginative art yarns full of color and texture. If you find yourself in a spinning rut, always spinning your same default yarn, and want to spin outside the box, this class is for you! In this class, you will learn how to spin a variety of structurally sound, useful and creative art yarns beyond the traditional constructions.    By the end of class, your head will be swimming with creative and unique ideas for using and combining the new techniques you’ve learned to make and use your own one-of-a-kind art yarns.

If you can spin a basic yarn, come learn how to jazz things up!   You will work with both combed top and carded batts to spin a variety of yarns and consider how these yarns could be used.   Techniques covered will include thick and thin slubs, spiral plying, coils, beehives and supercoils, corespinning, wrapping, add ins (beads, etc.), lockspinning, and bobble yarn.

Skills and Techniques:

  • Think about yarn outside the box
  • Learn how to spin a variety of art yarns from both combed top and carded batts
  • Consider uses for art yarns
  • Spin samples of several types of art yarn from hand dyed combed top
  • Spin samples of several types of art yarn from hand carded textured batts

 

Materials Fee: $40 for spinning fibers paid directly to the instructor. Additional spinning fiber is available for purchase if desired.

Special Tools or Equipment: Spinning wheel, lazy kate and/or niddy noddy if you have them.

Please be sure to read our 2025 policies before you register for a workshop which can be found here Workshop Policies

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