Description
Curious about working from raw fleece to yarn? This session is designed to build your confidence and skills in fibre preparation from the ground up.
Pack your lunch and join us for a full-day, hands-on workshop exploring how to use a picker and drum carder to transform clean fleece into spinable fibre. Prepare to be amazed as you turn curly sheep locks into soft, fluffy fibre — and spin it into beautiful yarn!
You’ll have the chance to sample different techniques throughout the day and head home with prepared fibre to continue practicing on your own.
Important Notes
- Participation in this course is training before using the Guild’s picker and carder independently.
- Following the class, the picker and carder may be rented by guild members, but the equipment must remain in the guild room.
- A current tetanus vaccination is advised due to handling raw fleece and equipment that can wound.
- You must be 18 years of age to participate in this class
Link to Eventbrite is available in the Monday Muse e-mail.
Location: 1731 Churchill Ave, London ON – East Lion’s Community Centre
Instructors: Diny Warren and Amie Latta
Cost: LDWS Members only – $65
Date: Sunday May 31, 2026
Time: 10am – 3pm
Participant Requirements: Not recommended as a first spinning project
Equipment to bring:
- Spinning wheel in good working order and/or spindles
- Empty bobbins (minimum of 3)
- Lazy Kate
- 1 metre Niddy Noddy
- Optional: your favourite spinning chair
- Packed lunch
Material Cost: $10 per person payable to instructor on day of class. This will give you 2 part fleeces to work on and take home.
This class has a minimum number of 10 participants to proceed. If this number is not reached we’ll let you know about a week ahead. You will be refunded your full registration.
The workshop is limited to 20 participants, please register early.
***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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