Due to low enrollment this class has been cancelled. Registrants will receive full refunds. Watch the website for more spinning classes in the future
Date: Wednesday, February 14 2024
Time: 6:30 – 8:30 pm
Location: 1731 Churchill Ave, London ON – East Lion’s Community Centre
Worsted spinning is a specific spinning technique which creates a smooth, lustrous, drapey and strong yarn. Worsted and woollen spinning are the “key” techniques to good spinning. They are like knit and purl stitches are to knitting.
You will learn how to recognize a “worsted preparation” in commercial slivers and how to make a smooth roving from hand cards. You will learn to spin worsted with a double draft and short forward draw.
These are simple techniques for anyone who can spin a single thread. This class includes the worsted method of plying and finished yarns and best uses in knitting, crocheting, weaving and rug hooking.
Instructor: Janice Watterworth
Cost: Members – $25, Non-Members – $40
Material cost: $15 to Instructor at class
Participant Requirements: Able to spin a thread on a spindle and/or spinning wheel.
Equipment to bring:
- Handcards
- Working spinning wheel and kit (oil, orifice hook, scissors etc) and/or spindle
- 3 or more bobbins
- Niddy Noddy
- Lazy Kate
- COVID Protocol for classes
- As of June 1, 2023 – Masks are welcome but not mandatory for the duration of each class
- Compliance with any other Covid-19 protocols set by the East Lions Community Centre
***Cancellation Policy: Participants who cancel their registration up to 1 month prior to the start of the workshop will receive a full refund. A participant who finds a replacement for his/her spot within 1 month prior to the start of the workshop will receive a full refund. Cancellations within 1 month of workshops (with no replacement found) and “no-shows” will not be refunded. If the Guild cancels a workshop for any reason, all registration fees will be refunded.
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