Please join us to learn about Margaret Radcliffe’s journey through the U.S. Heritage Sheep Breeds. Margaret has been studying endangered U.S. sheep since 2019, exploring the unique characteristics and challenges of each breed. Her talk will chronicle her findings and experiences, highlighting the distinctive traits of selected breeds and the successes and obstacles she encountered.…

In this two-session class, you’ll learn how to spin a continuous, stable yarn and you’ll learn the basics of plying and finishing a skein of handspun yarn. You’ll also learn about spinning wheel mechanics, how to care for your wheel, the basics of twist and its impact on your yarn, and how to skein and…

Once you’ve mastered the art of handspinning, have some fun and dip your toes into the wonderful world of art yarn or novelty yarn spinning! This two-day, fast-paced class will teach you how to confidently spin well-constructed, fanciful yarn. You’ll learn basic skills including fiber preparation, core spinning, using add-ins, and spinning locks plus extra techniques…

Flax is one of the oldest textile fibers, dating back over 35,000 years to prehistoric lake dwellings in Switzerland before wrapping Egyptian mummies, providing sails for Roman ships, and clothing colonial settlers. Now you have a chance to prepare and spin this fabulous fiber! You’ll have an opportunity to process flax using 18th-century tools, you’ll learn different methods…

Legend has it that around 2700 B.C. Empress Hsi Ling Shi was sitting under a mulberry tree when a  silkworm cocoon fell into her tea and unraveled. The Empress noticed that the delicate thread was soft and strong so she figured out how to spin and weave it into luxurious fabric. The Chinese then kept the raising of silkworms and the…

Learn to spin cotton like a Cajun in this one-day class! You’ll start by carding cotton to prepare for spinning and then you’ll learn to spin cotton singles like the Acadians of Southern Louisiana – sitting alongside your wheel (instead of facing it) and spinning off the point of a quill. With some practice, you’ll…

If you’ve been wanting to spin your own sock yarn but you aren’t quite sure of where to start, this is the (virtual!) class for you. We’ll start with a combination of lecture and demonstration, during which Debbie will cover the properties behind spinning a durable sock yarn: fiber selection and fabric, twist and its analysis,…

So, you’ve learned to spin, but trying a new fiber makes your hands sweat and your body shudder. In this virtual class, you’ll learn to control your thread and wheel instead of letting them control you! You already have a method of holding the fiber and drafting it into a thread – your “draw”. Now, expand…

If you love your spindles but find yourself wondering “Now what?” once your cop is full, wonder no more! This class will take the mystery out of how to ply from your spindles and will help you create hefty, full-sized skeins of your spindled yarn. You’ll learn at least five different methods for efficiently winding…