Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Class: Intro to Spinning on a Wheel

I am lucky to be one of the artists sharing a lovely sunlit studio space in an old Elementary School.  We are setting up a series of summer arts classes and I have decided to teach an introductory spinning class.  The class will be May26, from 1:00-4:00 at East Canyon Studios in The Center, 59 Leicester St.  Perry, NY, 14530

My herd of wheels has grown to six and they all do different things very well.  My latest is an Ashford Country Spinner II, (I don't have this one yet, coming soon!) and the others include a Majacraft Rose, a Lendrum, an Ashford Scholar, a Fricke Electric Spinner and a Country Craftsman.

The Rose does almost anything well, the CC is fast and great for spinning fine, The Lendrum, a perfect all purpose wheel, the Scholar was my first and is a great beginners wheel.  The Fricke I bought mostly for plying and traveling and it is quiet and fast, and uses Majacraft bobbins, so now I have lots of those.  The Country Spinner is for spinning textured art yarns and the bobbins hold two pounds of yarn!

My idea for the class is to allow people who are thinking about buying a spinning wheel to come and try out several and see what they like or don't like about the different wheels.  Single treadle, double treadle, and double drive being some important choices to make.  I also have a variety of drop spindles for people to try.

The class fee is $30 and includes use of my equipment and a variety of fibers to use during the class.
I will discuss different types of fiber and the right prep for the type of yarn you would like to spin.

To register for the class you can email me at fiberlingo@gmail.com
or eastcanyonstudios@gmail.com

I accept paypal payments at fiberlingo@gmail.com
other methods of payment are also available

There are other classes available, view complete information on our offerings at eastcanyonstudios.wordpress.com


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Payment must be received 4 days prior to the beginning of class. Any classes with less than a minimum number of students may be canceled and all payments will be refunded.

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