Class Name:Â Spinning Course
Learners per Class: 6
No. of Sessions: 2
Length of Session: 5 hours
Price range: £137.00 through £140.00
Our spinning course will introduce this ancient textile craft. It uses plant or animal fibres are drawn out and twisted together to make yarn. For thousands of years’ fibre was spun to make yarn by hand using a simple spindle, until the invention of the spinning wheel.
This two day course will allow you to learn to hand-spin your own yarn with a drop spindle and a spinning wheel. You could use this yarn in a knitting, crochet or craft project. Day one covers the basics and is suitable for complete beginners. Then day two builds on your knowledge and skills covering techniques such as plying and experimental spinning. We will use a range of different fibres during this course.
Dee will lead you through every stage of the different techniques covered in this course. Dee will be there to provide guidance and there will be plenty of cuppas and biscuits to support you too.
Not got time for a two day course, you could try our one day spinning workshop with Dee instead.
Teri (verified owner) –
Had a wonderful 2 days with Dee, her passion and love shine through and her knowledge of all things spinning is impressive! The whole flow of the weekend was lovely, plenty of hands on time with the drop spindle and wheel, but not pressured at all. Dee gave demonstrations and let us explore techniques and using different fibres while supporting and offering help and advice.
I would highly recommend this course and Dee to anyone who has even a small interest in spinning and yarns. Thank you so much!
Lottie –
Such a brilliant couple of days. I had absolutely no experience of spinning or what it entailed, and I’m so glad I came on the course. Dee is such a patient and wonderful teacher, she really adapted things to my level and made the whole thing easy to understand. I’m coming away with knowledge on exactly where I want to begin with this honby, what equipment I need and the type of fibre I like working with. I feel confident to really go and explore it where it seemed such a forest before! Endlessly grateful to Dee and her vast experience. I will be recommending this to everyone I know!
Antonia –
Fabulous weekend workshop. Great fun. Lots of information and fibres to play with. Highly recommended for new and improving spinners.
Fiona shackley (verified owner) –
Excellent 2 days with time to re-enforce skills and think about creative ideas fantastic thank you
April (verified owner) –
Big thanks to Dee for being such a wonderful time! Learned so much about wool and spinning ✌️
Niki Richards (verified owner) –
Absolutely the best workshop course I’ve been on. Dee is extremely knowledgeable and a pleasure to listen to. Very open to questions and also great at practical demonstration. We got to learn at our own pace and even though we were shown and given the opportunity to try various different fibres there was no pressure to do anything but the thing that interested you. Perfect amount of encouragement and practical help when needed. We were kept very well with lots of tea and a real lunch break too which was nice as we got to know each other better and enjoy seeing what each person was creating. I loved every second. Both days were properly structured so that you could get the maximum out of each day and there were plenty of materials too. Thanks Dee for a stellar mother’s day.
Lesley (verified owner) –
As a complete beginner I really enjoyed this workshop. I found it a good mixture of practical, demonstrations and learning through discussions and instruction. Dee was very patient, encouraging, knowledgable and enthusiastic. Thank you Dee.