You aren’t learning anything if you’re talking
Although when it comes to Heather Ordover, I respectfully disagree. You may know Heather from her long running podcast “CraftLit“, where she’s currently reading “Gulliver’s Travels”, or you may know her books, including “What Would Madame Defarge Knit?”, or you may have taken a class from Heather. The lovely Ms. Ordover will be teaching her Sock Heels a-Go-Go at Spin-U on Saturday, 7/28. First taught at Sock Summit ’09—this is a six hour class that covers six heels. When the workshop is complete, you will know which heel fits best and will...
read moreCan we talk?
What were we talking about? Oh yes! Classes! I want to talk with you about Rosane Mordt’s Intro to Supported Spindling class, happening at Spin-U on Saturday morning, 7/28. Spindle spinning is so portable. You can easily tuck away a spindle and a bit of fluff with you anywhere you go. I know I’m notorious for spinning yarn on the subways of NYC. If you get stuck waiting for someone somewhere, you’ll be calm and collected, as you pull out your spinning. In this class, Rosane will show you the basics of spinning on a supported spindle, which is different from suspended (or...
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What’s that? It’s not Thanksgiving? You don’t like turkeys? Ok, then let’s talk about classes. My wonderful friend Elizabeth Stover will be teaching Liberation Spin: Learn the Language of Art Yarn at Spin-U on Saturday 7/28. Just yesterday she put out a wonderful blog post featuring her art yarns (and her gorgeous kiddos). Scroll down to the bottom to see a selection of Elizabeth’s work over the past month or two. I stole this photo from her flickr stream, because the composition was so good, and it so clearly shows the gorgeous things that she can do with...
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Remember that fiber I was spinning for a class? It’s become this: and this: Which will be a woolen spun cabled yarn. The point of the class is to take what you see in your head when you buy that pretty hand dyed fiber and turn it into reality. We’re going to discuss how fiber content affects your end result, spinning some Polwarth, some Merino/Silk, and some Silk/Merino/Seacell fibers. We’ll talk about how your spinning and plying structure can affect your end result too, lending extra bounce to a drapey yarn, or less bounce to a super bouncy yarn. We have a lot to...
read morePreparing to teach
Playing with Color in Spinning! I’m prepping for a class that I’ll be teaching at Dragonfly Fibers Studio on Friday, May 4. “Playing with Color in Spinning” will cover spinning and plying structures, and how those structures can be used to show off that delicious hand painted fiber best. In preparation, I’ve been spinning different types of fiber in ten and 20 gram increments. This is a 4oz batch of fiber from Pico Accuardi dyeworks. It’s wool, dyed in some fairly long color runs. Using my scale, I’ve split it up into about 10 gram bits. 10 grams...
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The lovely Elizabeth Stover will be teaching “Fleece-U” at Dragonfly Fibers studio in Kensington MD on Monday May 7. I’m greatly enjoying watching her prep for that class. If you head on over to her blog you’ll see her preparing delicious fiber for her students to prep: That dirty fleece becomes this fleecy goodness: Multitalented Elizabeth will be joining Spin-U in July to teach her students about prepping and spinning art yarns. She spins them, and she uses them, and she can help you make them...
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