Learn a repertoire of spinning preps, drafts, and techniques for unique fibres like cashmere, mohair, pygora, yak, and angora as well as their blends.

Join Kim McKenna in the Spin-In Clinic, where three levels of spinning students learn targeted techniques to improve their handspun yarns.

If you’re wondering how spinning textured yarns differ from art yarns… they don’t. All art yarns are stable, usable yarns that can add texture, however bold or subtle,  to the cloth in which they’re used. The yarns in this course are truly timeless, and they’re presented in a skill-building logical order that’s meant to inspire you in your own application.

Continue your exploration of spinning luxury fibres with camelids, taught by Rachel Smith. Learn a repertoire of spinning preps and drafts to create stable yarns with fibres like alpaca, llama, and camel.

Have you considered having an e-spinner as your main spinning tool?Join spinning instructor, Debbie Held, and learn to spin with e-spinners like the Ashford E-Spinner, Daedalus, Hansen Mini spinner, EEW6, and Nano EEW1.

Spinning silk in and of itself is a whole mastery course. With that in mind, and as always in the spirit of experimentation and curiosity, join in exploring the world of silk in this introductory course taught by Rachel Smith.

Learn about the basic cleaning of your wheel, day-to-day oiling, replacing drive bands to increase the longevity of your spinning wheel.

Join us for the Working from Fleece study guide at the School! Work through content from Kim McKenna's courses Working from Fleece and Nuances to Spinning Better Yarns and become a better spinner.

In this fibre prep course taught by Kim McKenna, first you will learn the difference between woollen and worsted yarns. Then, we cover the equipment for carding and combing clean, scoured fibre, teaching you how to prepare combed sliver and roving as well as carded roving and rolags. You will also learn how to finish your handspun four different ways.

You will also learn small batch scouring method for medium fleeces—with crimp between 6 to 10 crimps per inch. You will also learn scouring lock-by-lock, a washing method reserved for very special, very fine fleeces.

Walk through each step of Debbie Held's supported spindling process and alleviate any mystery surrounding the use of these spindles, demonstrating just how portable and spinning-friendly they are! The supported spindle has a unique beauty to it, not only in the finished yarn but in the fluid movements of spinning that yarn.

Join instructor Diana Twiss as she guides you through the methods to scale up from a unique 30-gram fibre blend to 500 grams or more. Besides making larger quantities, you’ll learn spinning and plying techniques to vary the yarn you can get from that same blend (such as using a drum carder, blending board, or hand carder). 

Develop a functional, working understanding of colour and how it affects your spinning, plus gain more confidence in your abilities to spin colour with intention with Spinning Intentional Colour, taught by Felicia Lo Wong.

To spin better yarns you need to pay attention, be present and mindful while you work with the fibre at hand. Join instructor Kim McKenna in Nuances to Spinning Better Yarns, teaching techniques to take your spinning to the next level and become a better spinner.

A 9-week study group plan to work through the SOS spinning courses and content on a week-by-week basis.

Harness the power of play and explore a world of colour combinations and fibre blending with instructor Diana Twiss in our SOS Colour & Fibre Play course.

Taught by Rachel Smith, explore the different classes of wool available to hand-spinners in this extensive workshop. An excellent foundation of learning, particularly for spinners new to spinning different sheep breeds and learning about the various types of wool.

The blending board can be your go-to fibre prep tool above all others and a few inexpensive additions can take this simple tool to the next level.

In this series, we are going to be exploring how you can go from a beginner spinner to a spinner that can plan the exact yarn they want to spin for a specific project, be it socks, a sweater, or a shawl.

If you've ever wanted to venture into the world of spinning, using suspended spindles is a great way to start. All you need is a spindle and some fibre to start creating beautiful handspun yarn to knit and weave with.

Welcome to Spin to Knit Socks! Socks are the humblest garment: We put them on our feet, wear them all day, and wash them in…

Walk through the process of creating your first garment from your handspun yarn. In this course, you'll learn how to select the kind of fibre that will give you the garment you desire, how to sample your handspun yarn, how to calculate the measurements of your yarn and more.

In this workshop, Katrina Stewart will be introducing you to the wonderful world of carding so you can create beautiful fibre for spinning and weaving.

Learn to spin a continuous yarn using wool fibre and a spinning wheel