Handspinning with Ellen Minard
Saturday all day and Sunday morning
Core Spinning is a great way to add texture to your yarns. We will cover the basics, and learn how to draft onto your core yarn underneath your fiber. From there, it’s all fun!!! From simple thick & thin, to spiral yarn, to incorporating glitter using an art batt we will create, and some different ways to ply to create different effect. We’ll spend the weekend playing!
Skill level: Advanced beginner, you must be able to spin a consistent yarn, and be able to ply.
Tools: You must bring a working wheel, with at least three empty bobbins.
If you have a mini niddy noddy, and/or hand carders, please bring them.
All core yarns and fibers will be provided.
Textured Yarn & Core Spinning
The Retreat Handspinning Session will feature this class with Ellen Minard:
About Ellen Minard
Ellen Minard, of Ellen’s 1/2 Pint Farm, has been spinning, knitting and dyeing for 40 years. She travels to fiber festivals and knitting shows with her hand painted yarns, and has taught at many fiber festivals, guilds, yarn shops, CraftStudies, and Camp Stitches. “I love to knit and spin, but dyeing, and working with color, is my passion, and I love to share that passion with my students!”