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The Introduction to Spinning Class May 2022 featuring Tutor Carmel Hanna.
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The 'Intro to Spinning' course takes you from a complete beginner to happily spinning your own yarn.
Our wonderful tutors teach all about fleece, spinning, plying, skeining, dyeing and blending fibres and colours. It's jam packed with hands on experience and our students love it.
The starting point! a beautiful Border Leicester merino cross fleece.
Anne is carding the fleece with small flick carders.
Esther tries these lovely old carders to card her fleece.
Our wonderful tutor Carmel adjusting a wheel.
Starting to spin...
Lin is using a simple old Ashford which spins very nicely.
5 wheels in action!
Gorgeous bobbin of yarn from Anne.
Spinning is so relaxing! Teresa is sitting back enjoying it.
Lin is spinning from a rolag using a sweet old Ashford wheel.
Beth is beginning to ply her yarn.
Alpaca and Border Leicester/merino cross bobbins by Beth.
Faye is winding the yarn onto the niddy noddy. Love the names!
From bobbin to niddy noddy. Marlies.
A stunning first skein. Beth
First skein from Anne!.
A first skein from Sheri.
Trying some alpaca fleece. Faye.
Spinning alpaca with an Ashford double treadle. Faye.
Natural fleece, rolag, top, batt, roving... Its a new language!
Spinning from a rolag and testing the twist..Bobbie.
Marlies is creating fine yarn from the luscious batt.
Beth creating a 3 ply yarn using her handspun.
Let's make some colour!
Marlies is blending yellow and blue on the drum carder.
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