LEARNING PATH | SPINNING
LEARNING TO SPIN YARN
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Spinning From Scratch
1 hr 43 min | 14 lessons
- Learn to spin a continuous yarn using your spinning wheel.
- Learn to make a simple, traditional 2-ply yarn and finish that yarn in preparation for knitting or weaving, or whatever you might like to do with it.
- Understand that multiple variables affect the characteristics of your finished yarn. We’ll talk about the main variables that affect your handspun like what makes a thin or thick yarn, what makes a soft and smooth yarn, what makes a lofty yarn or a sleek and slinky yarn, and more.
2
Spinning with Suspended Spindles
1 hr 40 min | 9 lessons
- Explore each step of Debbie Held's own supported spindling process, demystifying these spindles and demonstrating how you too can spin your most beautiful yarns yet — even when you’re on the go!
3
Spinning with Supported Spindles
1 hr 38 min | 2 lessons
- Explore each step of Debbie Held's own supported spindling process, demystifying these spindles and demonstrating how you too can spin your most beautiful yarns yet — even when you’re on the go!
4
Spinning with E-Spinners
1 hr 16 min | 2 lessons
- Learn to spin with e-spinners like the Ashford E-Spinner, Hansen Minispinner, and Nano EEW.
GLOWING YOUR SPINNING SKILLS
1
Spinning Up a Level
3 hr 58 min | 37 lessons
- Explore how you can begin to go from a beginner spinner to a spinner that can plan the exact kind of yarn they want to spin for a specific project.
- Discover various techniques of fibre choices, fibre preparation, drafting, plying, and finishing to achieve the hand-spun yarn of your dreams.
2
Nuances to Spinning Better Yarns
3 hr 21 min | 9 lessons
- Learn how to treat commercially prepared fibre with a soaking treatment.
- Learn how to prepare carded rovings and rolags with a blending board.
- Understand how to ply through rings, and package fibre for spinning.
- Discover joining techniques.
- Explore how to describe or assess your handspun, and more!
3
Spinning Intentional Colour
2 hr 31 min | 7 lessons
- Learn how colour is affected by spinning.
- Recognize essential colour theory vocabulary: hue, saturation, value, and temperature.
- Discover how to make a “muddy” skein so we can intentionally choose to avoid, or embrace, the mixing and blending of colour.
- Understand how our spinning decisions affect our colour results and also produces different kinds of yarn.
LEARNING TO SPIN DIFFERNT FIBRES
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Spinning Sheep Breeds
5 hr 22 min | 26 lessons
- Learn the differences between wool classified as fine, medium, long, down and primitive wools.
- Show how to spin the wool and the thoughts behind these choices.
- Explore uses for the yarns we make from various wools.
- Talk about project planning and inspire you to use your own handspun.