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9/21/15 - NEW this year! We have a fantastic new event called "Shepherds Talk Fiber" - a scheduled list of talks about breeds focusing on their fiber. Our presenters have been asked to provide a 5 min intro of their breed, highlighting its fiber & Breed Association information. What is the breed standard for the showcased breed, color, micron, special characteristics, historical and/or current uses?
Any special care and handling of the sheep to produce great fiber (Breeding choices, nutrition, stress, coating, controlling vegetable matter, effects of lambing or age)
15 Minute Presentation or Demo
This can be spinning and talking about various ways to spin the breed for different results, OR
Recommendations on how to have it commercially prepared (what spin or ply or weight of yarn best highlight your breed’s characteristics etc.)
OR
Talk and/or demonstrate felting, or weaving or any other ‘best use’ for the breed’s fiber and what makes it special,
OR
You might see them could skirt a fleece, or do just about anything they want to get you excited about their breed’s fiber (why they love it?)
5 Min Question and answer.
Show up on time to learn about breeds that would work for your new flock (hint hint), or types of fiber you may never have worked with before. Enjoy! Add the talks to your Sched so you get reminders and can plan your festival experience.

Our 2015 Schedule is evolving. Please check back to see additions and create a Sched account to start your own custom festival schedule and plan your time wisely. Share events with friends and family via Facebook and Twitter to rally them to plan the day together. Accommodations around the Hudson Valley are booking up, so if you haven’t done it, get on that ASAP. This is just the schedule - see our official website www.sheepandwool.com to volunteer and see more pics.
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Thursday, October 15
 

9:00am EDT

Beginning Wheel Spinning - Thurs. AM
Limited Capacity seats available
Register!
Learn the basics of a spinning wheel, (Double Treadle Lendrum Spinning Wheels will be provided for your use in class),  Learn how to draft the fibers and allow the twisted fibers to slide through your fingers onto the spool. Learn how to change spools, spin more fiber onto a second spool, and then ply the two singles together.   You will make yarn right before your eyes.  You will learn how to measure your finished yarn on a Niddy Noddy.  Take home your first homespun skein of yarn and enjoy.
Instructors
JW

Julie Wilson

Julie Wilson and her family own a farm in Fines Creek, North Carolina. In 1990, two sheep came to the Wilson family. Since then, Jehovah Raah Farm (like us on Facebook) has grown to Shetland sheep, Alpacas, Llamas, Angora goats, Angora Rabbits, and Scottish Highland Cattle. Julie... Read More →


Thursday October 15, 2015 9:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Bldg 41
  Workshops, Spinning

9:00am EDT

Will that Be One Hump or Two?
Limited Capacity seats available
Register!
This class is a combined Mongolian travelogue, lecture about camel husbandry, camel fiber, camel racing, and how camel saddles are woven.  Following the 45 minute lecture we will design and spin yarn made from pure and blended baby camel fiber.  Baby camel down is nearly of the same micron count as cashmere.  You will come away from this class feeling like you have been to the Gobi, and with your own baby camel fiber to spin.
Instructors
avatar for Front Porch Textiles / Mary Underwood

Front Porch Textiles / Mary Underwood

Owner, Front Porch Textiles & Fuzzworks
At Front Porch we're all about handwoven textiles for home and body. We use finest quality natural fiber yarns including my handspun wool and silk; Mongolian yak and baby camel, merino/silk, alpaca/silk; Swedish cottons/linens, fine silks, vintage yarns, and US mill spun. Products... Read More →


Thursday October 15, 2015 9:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Bldg D 41.936412, -73.908597
  Workshops, Spinning

9:00am EDT

Batts Batts Batts
Limited Capacity seats available
Register!
So what are batts exactly? How are they made, and how do you spin them? We'll work with smooth batts and textural ones, and cover at least three ways to spin each kind of batt. Wheel or spindle, your choice – bring your own and I'll supply the batts,  ready to spin. Not a drum carding class, but a class on how to spin all those batts you see out there!
Instructors
avatar for Abby Franquemont

Abby Franquemont

Abby Franquemont, author of Respect The Spindle, is steeped in the fiber arts since birth. The daughter of field anthropologists studying textile production, she was raised largely in the rural Andes of Peru, where she learned to spin, weave and more starting at the age of five... Read More →


Thursday October 15, 2015 9:00am - 4:00pm EDT
Bldg D 41.936412, -73.908597
  Workshops, Spinning

9:00am EDT

Drafting: All the Ways! - SOLD OUT
Limited Capacity seats available
Register!
Whether you are a new spinner, a worsted spinner, a woolen spinner, or a not-sure-what-I-do spinner, this class is for you.  A pain-free journey from the tidy and controlled worsted draft to the fuzzy, light woolen draft, you’ll be comfortable with both (and all the semi-worsteds and semi-woolens in between) by the time this class is through.
Instructors
avatar for Jacey Boggs Faulkner

Jacey Boggs Faulkner

Director, EiC, PLY Magazine
Jacey Boggs Faulkner loves spinning, writing about spinning, and teaching spinning.  She’s been doing all three for over a decade and it’s those three loves that led her to start up PLY Magazine in 2013.  With PLY’s popularity, her job as editor-in-chief has made her teaching... Read More →


Thursday October 15, 2015 9:00am - 4:00pm EDT
Bldg D 41.936412, -73.908597
  Workshops, Spinning

9:00am EDT

Textures for Traditionals
Limited Capacity seats available
Register!
Do you consider yourself a traditional spinner? You really aren't excited by the art yarns on the market these days? Did you know that by learning how the art yarns are made and some of the art yarn techniques, you can make your own “traditional” yarn better? That's right. I said it, I mean it. Even if you never make a textured or art style yarn again in your life, I'm going to teach you techniques that will make your every day yarn BETTER.
Instructors
avatar for Amy King

Amy King

I am a shop owner but also an avid spinner and teacher. In 2009 my book Spin Control hit the shelves. It's a book with a lot of knowledgeon a wide range of yarns. That same year I also taught at SOAR and have done other teaching engagements around the country.  I've taught feathered... Read More →


Thursday October 15, 2015 9:00am - 4:00pm EDT
Bldg 41
  Workshops, Spinning

1:00pm EDT

Beginning Wheel Spinning - Thurs. PM - SOLD OUT
Limited Capacity seats available
Register!
Learn the basics of a spinning wheel, (Double Treadle Lendrum Spinning Wheels will be provided for your use in class),  Learn how to draft the fibers and allow the twisted fibers to slide through your fingers onto the spool. Learn how to change spools, spin more fiber onto a second spool, and then ply the two singles together.   You will make yarn right before your eyes.  You will learn how to measure your finished yarn on a Niddy Noddy.  Take home your first homespun skein of yarn and enjoy.
Instructors
JW

Julie Wilson

Julie Wilson and her family own a farm in Fines Creek, North Carolina. In 1990, two sheep came to the Wilson family. Since then, Jehovah Raah Farm (like us on Facebook) has grown to Shetland sheep, Alpacas, Llamas, Angora goats, Angora Rabbits, and Scottish Highland Cattle. Julie... Read More →


Thursday October 15, 2015 1:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
Bldg D 41.936412, -73.908597
  Workshops, Spinning
 
Friday, October 16
 

9:00am EDT

Beginning Wheel Spinning - Fri. AM
Limited Capacity seats available
Register!
Learn the basics of a spinning wheel, (Double Treadle Lendrum Spinning Wheels will be provided for your use in class),  Learn how to draft the fibers and allow the twisted fibers to slide through your fingers onto the spool. Learn how to change spools, spin more fiber onto a second spool, and then ply the two singles together.   You will make yarn right before your eyes.  You will learn how to measure your finished yarn on a Niddy Noddy.  Take home your first homespun skein of yarn and enjoy.
Instructors
JW

Julie Wilson

Julie Wilson and her family own a farm in Fines Creek, North Carolina. In 1990, two sheep came to the Wilson family. Since then, Jehovah Raah Farm (like us on Facebook) has grown to Shetland sheep, Alpacas, Llamas, Angora goats, Angora Rabbits, and Scottish Highland Cattle. Julie... Read More →


Friday October 16, 2015 9:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Bldg 41
  Workshops, Spinning

9:00am EDT

Tips and Tricks for Being a Better Spinner - Fri AM - SOLD OUT
Limited Capacity seats available
Register!
In this class we’ll fill in as many gaps in your spinning knowledge as we can. We’ll make singles that don’t bias, we’ll figure out if you should be spinning S or Z, we’ll guard against cord-y plied yarns and keep them soft and usable, we’ll learn several joins, what to do if your yarn breaks while spinning/plying, how to measure your yarns, which end to spin from, and lots more!
Instructors
avatar for Jacey Boggs Faulkner

Jacey Boggs Faulkner

Director, EiC, PLY Magazine
Jacey Boggs Faulkner loves spinning, writing about spinning, and teaching spinning.  She’s been doing all three for over a decade and it’s those three loves that led her to start up PLY Magazine in 2013.  With PLY’s popularity, her job as editor-in-chief has made her teaching... Read More →


Friday October 16, 2015 9:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Bldg D 41.936412, -73.908597
  Workshops, Spinning

9:00am EDT

Spinning Boot Camp - SOLD OUT
Limited Capacity seats available
Register!
Are you interested in learning to spin? Have you tried to learn to spin before but it didn't quite take? Do you have a wheel or a spindle, or are you thinking of buying one or both? What do you really need? How long does it take to learn this stuff? What's the RIGHT way to spin? What's plying, and do you have to do it?
Instructors
avatar for Abby Franquemont

Abby Franquemont

Abby Franquemont, author of Respect The Spindle, is steeped in the fiber arts since birth. The daughter of field anthropologists studying textile production, she was raised largely in the rural Andes of Peru, where she learned to spin, weave and more starting at the age of five... Read More →


Friday October 16, 2015 9:00am - 4:00pm EDT
Bldg D 41.936412, -73.908597
  Workshops, Spinning

9:00am EDT

Spinning Singles for Rigid-Heddle Weaving
Limited Capacity seats available
Register!
Weaving with singles is the reason every spinner should weave and every weaver should spin! Commercially available yarn with high twist is hard to find and the yarns that are available are rarely at the size you want.
Instructors
avatar for Liz Gipson

Liz Gipson

Liz Gipson is passionate about yarn—growing it, spinning it, making it do tricks, and then sharing this passion with others. In particular, Liz loves introducing newcomers to the wonderful world of weaving and helping existing weavers weave better.She is the author of Weaving... Read More →


Friday October 16, 2015 9:00am - 4:00pm EDT
Bldg D 41.936412, -73.908597
  Workshops, Spinning

9:00am EDT

The Yarn You Want
Limited Capacity seats available
Register!
This is that class....You have made yarn and you can't duplicate it. You had a favorite commercialyarn and the manufacturer discontinued it! We don't need to be content and accept that these yarnswill never happen again. I'm here to help you copy and manufacture the yarn you want. So dry your tears, grab a piece of that yarn you want to copy and sign up for class!
Instructors
avatar for Amy King

Amy King

I am a shop owner but also an avid spinner and teacher. In 2009 my book Spin Control hit the shelves. It's a book with a lot of knowledgeon a wide range of yarns. That same year I also taught at SOAR and have done other teaching engagements around the country.  I've taught feathered... Read More →


Friday October 16, 2015 9:00am - 4:00pm EDT
Bldg D 41.936412, -73.908597
  Workshops, Spinning

1:00pm EDT

Beginning Wheel Spinning - Fri. PM - SOLD OUT
Limited Capacity seats available
Register!
Learn the basics of a spinning wheel, (Double Treadle Lendrum Spinning Wheels will be provided for your use in class),  Learn how to draft the fibers and allow the twisted fibers to slide through your fingers onto the spool. Learn how to change spools, spin more fiber onto a second spool, and then ply the two singles together.   You will make yarn right before your eyes.  You will learn how to measure your finished yarn on a Niddy Noddy.  Take home your first homespun skein of yarn and enjoy.
Instructors
JW

Julie Wilson

Julie Wilson and her family own a farm in Fines Creek, North Carolina. In 1990, two sheep came to the Wilson family. Since then, Jehovah Raah Farm (like us on Facebook) has grown to Shetland sheep, Alpacas, Llamas, Angora goats, Angora Rabbits, and Scottish Highland Cattle. Julie... Read More →


Friday October 16, 2015 1:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
Bldg D 41.936412, -73.908597
  Workshops, Spinning

1:00pm EDT

Texture! A Journey into Off-Tension Plying - SOLD OUT
Limited Capacity seats available
Register!
In this class we’ll spend 3 hours exploring the texture that can be created via off-tension plying.  Stacks, coils, supercoils, and fauxcles are the most popular but I’m sure you and I together can come up with some more!  Take a break from smooth and create some texture!
Instructors
avatar for Jacey Boggs Faulkner

Jacey Boggs Faulkner

Director, EiC, PLY Magazine
Jacey Boggs Faulkner loves spinning, writing about spinning, and teaching spinning.  She’s been doing all three for over a decade and it’s those three loves that led her to start up PLY Magazine in 2013.  With PLY’s popularity, her job as editor-in-chief has made her teaching... Read More →


Friday October 16, 2015 1:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
Bldg D 41.936412, -73.908597
  Workshops, Spinning
 
Saturday, October 17
 

9:00am EDT

Basic Spindle
Limited Capacity seats available
Register!
For all skill levels including absolutely none; suitable for any age group. Even if you already spin, or already spin with spindles in particular, there's probably something for you in this class which covers multiple methods of starting out, pros and cons of various types of spindles, finger spinning, thigh spinning, and directions for plying your yarn and getting it ready to use in the project of your choice.
Instructors
avatar for Abby Franquemont

Abby Franquemont

Abby Franquemont, author of Respect The Spindle, is steeped in the fiber arts since birth. The daughter of field anthropologists studying textile production, she was raised largely in the rural Andes of Peru, where she learned to spin, weave and more starting at the age of five... Read More →


Saturday October 17, 2015 9:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Bldg 41
  Workshops, Spinning

9:00am EDT

Beginning Wheel Spinning - Sat. AM
Limited Capacity seats available
Register!
Learn the basics of a spinning wheel, (Double Treadle Lendrum Spinning Wheels will be provided for your use in class),  Learn how to draft the fibers and allow the twisted fibers to slide through your fingers onto the spool. Learn how to change spools, spin more fiber onto a second spool, and then ply the two singles together.   You will make yarn right before your eyes.  You will learn how to measure your finished yarn on a Niddy Noddy.  Take home your first homespun skein of yarn and enjoy.
Instructors
JW

Julie Wilson

Julie Wilson and her family own a farm in Fines Creek, North Carolina. In 1990, two sheep came to the Wilson family. Since then, Jehovah Raah Farm (like us on Facebook) has grown to Shetland sheep, Alpacas, Llamas, Angora goats, Angora Rabbits, and Scottish Highland Cattle. Julie... Read More →


Saturday October 17, 2015 9:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Bldg D 41.936412, -73.908597
  Workshops, Spinning

9:00am EDT

Colorplay: Spinning for Color - SOLD OUT
Limited Capacity seats available
Register!
We’ll cover several ways of spinning that show off colorful fiber.  Learn how to, when to, and why to, chain-ply, fractal ply, and/or combine fibers to maximize the colorplay you want!
Instructors
avatar for Jacey Boggs Faulkner

Jacey Boggs Faulkner

Director, EiC, PLY Magazine
Jacey Boggs Faulkner loves spinning, writing about spinning, and teaching spinning.  She’s been doing all three for over a decade and it’s those three loves that led her to start up PLY Magazine in 2013.  With PLY’s popularity, her job as editor-in-chief has made her teaching... Read More →


Saturday October 17, 2015 9:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Bldg D 41.936412, -73.908597
  Workshops, Spinning

9:00am EDT

Get Fleeced
Limited Capacity seats available
Register!
You have your first fleece and everything just seems daunting. Or you don't have a fleece yet and are trying to be prepared. This is your class!!! We'll go over a couple of fleeces, talk about what's the best to start with, wash some - all quick and dirty - and then we're going to get to spinning. We'll spin from the grease and then have a go at washed fleece. We'll spin from the lock and then we'll go over how to process it yourself. From super quick methods to ones that will take a little more time, we'll make that fleece seem like it's totally possible and you can tackle anything!
Instructors
avatar for Amy King

Amy King

I am a shop owner but also an avid spinner and teacher. In 2009 my book Spin Control hit the shelves. It's a book with a lot of knowledgeon a wide range of yarns. That same year I also taught at SOAR and have done other teaching engagements around the country.  I've taught feathered... Read More →


Saturday October 17, 2015 9:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Bldg D 41.936412, -73.908597
  Workshops, Spinning

1:30pm EDT

Explore & Spin a Plethora of Fibers - Saturday PM
Limited Capacity seats available
Register!
So now that you know how to spin wool, you want to explore different breeds of sheep, (Merino, Cotswald, Jacob, Liecester Longwool, Teeswater, to name a few),  feel and spin Huacaya Alpaca, how does Suri Alpaca spin?

What does it look/feel like to spin in the grease, washed or carded? How long of a staple does silk have, do I buy a brick of silk, a hankie, or a cap of silk? How long is the staple of cotton? How soft is Angora Rabbit anyway? Does it need a lot of twist? What is ‘Blooming’? How do I ‘spin on the fold’ with cotton?  How do I spin the mohair to make that gorgeous novelty, curly yarn? Can I spin dog hair?  

You won’t have to search the internet for all different animal breeders/ or walk around the festival finding different animals, You will only have to take Julie’s class at NYSW! You will have over 20 different samples, (Julie is constantly adding fiber samples for you to explore), Each ‘take home’ box will have labeled baggies of fiber samples along with pen and index card for you to write down notes and observations.

Lendrum Spinning Wheels will be provided for you to use or you may bring your own wheel. This is an explorative class of different fibers that will enable you to further research the fibers of your choice later in your spinning career!
Instructors
JW

Julie Wilson

Julie Wilson and her family own a farm in Fines Creek, North Carolina. In 1990, two sheep came to the Wilson family. Since then, Jehovah Raah Farm (like us on Facebook) has grown to Shetland sheep, Alpacas, Llamas, Angora goats, Angora Rabbits, and Scottish Highland Cattle. Julie... Read More →


Saturday October 17, 2015 1:30pm - 4:30pm EDT
Bldg D 41.936412, -73.908597
  Workshops, Spinning

1:30pm EDT

Gotta Have Shades
Limited Capacity seats available
Register!
This class is all about tinting and shading. You have black and white but you really want grey. Let's get you there. We'll use a variety of blending devices and create tints and shades. Comb, card, hackle our way into variations in our fibers. We'll learn about how to make the most of the shades, how shades and tints change our colors and the best ways to get what we want. Then if time allows, we'll tint and shade some colors.
Instructors
avatar for Amy King

Amy King

I am a shop owner but also an avid spinner and teacher. In 2009 my book Spin Control hit the shelves. It's a book with a lot of knowledgeon a wide range of yarns. That same year I also taught at SOAR and have done other teaching engagements around the country.  I've taught feathered... Read More →


Saturday October 17, 2015 1:30pm - 4:30pm EDT
Bldg D 41.936412, -73.908597
  Workshops, Spinning

1:30pm EDT

Spectacular Silk Singles
Limited Capacity seats available
Register!
Learn to produce delightful tussah silk singles strong enough for a variety of purposes – knitting, crochet, weaving – and how to handle and finish your silk singles and finished objects for a variety of different results. Fast to produce, fast to work up, beautiful and guaranteed to please, silk singles can be the answer to stunning handspun projects in a very short timeframe.
Instructors
avatar for Abby Franquemont

Abby Franquemont

Abby Franquemont, author of Respect The Spindle, is steeped in the fiber arts since birth. The daughter of field anthropologists studying textile production, she was raised largely in the rural Andes of Peru, where she learned to spin, weave and more starting at the age of five... Read More →


Saturday October 17, 2015 1:30pm - 4:30pm EDT
Bldg 41
  Workshops, Spinning

1:30pm EDT

Tips and Tricks for Being a Better Spinner - Sat. PM - SOLD OUT
Limited Capacity seats available
Register!
In this class we’ll fill in as many gaps in your spinning knowledge as we can. We’ll make singles that don’t bias, we’ll figure out if you should be spinning S or Z, we’ll guard against cord-y plied yarns and keep them soft and usable, we’ll learn several joins, what to do if your yarn breaks while spinning/plying, how to measure your yarns, which end to spin from, and lots more!
Instructors
avatar for Jacey Boggs Faulkner

Jacey Boggs Faulkner

Director, EiC, PLY Magazine
Jacey Boggs Faulkner loves spinning, writing about spinning, and teaching spinning.  She’s been doing all three for over a decade and it’s those three loves that led her to start up PLY Magazine in 2013.  With PLY’s popularity, her job as editor-in-chief has made her teaching... Read More →


Saturday October 17, 2015 1:30pm - 4:30pm EDT
Bldg 41
  Workshops, Spinning
 
Sunday, October 18
 

9:00am EDT

Spinning on a Turkish Spindle
Limited Capacity seats available
Register!
This class is for students who have some experience spinning on a drop spindle, and who are interested in learning how to spin on a Turkish Spindle. This is not a beginning spindling class. This class will cover parts of the spindle, spinning a leader, learning the half hitch, and learning how to wind beautiful cops on your spindle. Color management using a Turkish Spindle will also be covered. We will also learn to ply your “turtles”!
Instructors
avatar for Sharon Blatz

Sharon Blatz

Sharon Blatz is local to the Hudson Valley. She has taken her love of teaching (she is a related service provider in a local school district), and applied it to teaching night and Saturday knitting classes at her LYS. Sharon is active on Ravelry, and is also the host of a weekly audio... Read More →


Sunday October 18, 2015 9:00am - 11:00am EDT
Bldg 41
  Workshops, Spinning

9:00am EDT

All the Single...Yarns
Limited Capacity seats available
Register!
Anyone that knows me, knows I love my singles yarns. Thin, energized, worsted, bulky, fancy, even, thick/thin....all of them. If you like them too and want to make better singles that are not meant for plying then this is the class. I'll go over how to make the singles, how to tell if you're going about it right, how to perfect them and how to finish them off.
Instructors
avatar for Amy King

Amy King

I am a shop owner but also an avid spinner and teacher. In 2009 my book Spin Control hit the shelves. It's a book with a lot of knowledgeon a wide range of yarns. That same year I also taught at SOAR and have done other teaching engagements around the country.  I've taught feathered... Read More →


Sunday October 18, 2015 9:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Bldg D 41.936412, -73.908597
  Workshops, Spinning

9:00am EDT

Beginning Wheel Spinning - Sun. AM - SOLD OUT
Limited Capacity seats available
Register!
Learn the basics of a spinning wheel, (Double Treadle Lendrum Spinning Wheels will be provided for your use in class),  Learn how to draft the fibers and allow the twisted fibers to slide through your fingers onto the spool. Learn how to change spools, spin more fiber onto a second spool, and then ply the two singles together.   You will make yarn right before your eyes.  You will learn how to measure your finished yarn on a Niddy Noddy.  Take home your first homespun skein of yarn and enjoy.
Instructors
JW

Julie Wilson

Julie Wilson and her family own a farm in Fines Creek, North Carolina. In 1990, two sheep came to the Wilson family. Since then, Jehovah Raah Farm (like us on Facebook) has grown to Shetland sheep, Alpacas, Llamas, Angora goats, Angora Rabbits, and Scottish Highland Cattle. Julie... Read More →


Sunday October 18, 2015 9:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Bldg D 41.936412, -73.908597
  Workshops, Spinning

9:00am EDT

Spindle Plying
Limited Capacity seats available
Register!
Many spinners enjoy using their spindles to produce singles, but find themselves turning to their wheels when they want to ply. Learn techniques and tricks to make plying easier, faster and more portable with your spindles, and how to achieve several plying structures (as well as why you would want to).
Instructors
avatar for Abby Franquemont

Abby Franquemont

Abby Franquemont, author of Respect The Spindle, is steeped in the fiber arts since birth. The daughter of field anthropologists studying textile production, she was raised largely in the rural Andes of Peru, where she learned to spin, weave and more starting at the age of five... Read More →


Sunday October 18, 2015 9:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Bldg 41
  Workshops, Spinning

1:30pm EDT

Cabled Yarn
Limited Capacity seats available
Register!
What's a cabled yarn, and why would I use one? We'll spin and ply 4 different cabled yarns and answer questions you didn't even know you had about this versatile and powerful structure.
Instructors
avatar for Abby Franquemont

Abby Franquemont

Abby Franquemont, author of Respect The Spindle, is steeped in the fiber arts since birth. The daughter of field anthropologists studying textile production, she was raised largely in the rural Andes of Peru, where she learned to spin, weave and more starting at the age of five... Read More →


Sunday October 18, 2015 1:30pm - 4:30pm EDT
Bldg D 41.936412, -73.908597
  Workshops, Spinning

1:30pm EDT

Explore & Spin a Plethora of Fibers - Sunday PM
Limited Capacity seats available
Register!
So now that you know how to spin wool, you want to explore different breeds of sheep, (Merino, Cotswald, Jacob, Liecester Longwool, Teeswater, to name a few),  feel and spin Huacaya Alpaca, how does Suri Alpaca spin?

What does it look/feel like to spin in the grease, washed or carded? How long of a staple does silk have, do I buy a brick of silk, a hankie, or a cap of silk? How long is the staple of cotton? How soft is Angora Rabbit anyway? Does it need a lot of twist? What is ‘Blooming’? How do I ‘spin on the fold’ with cotton?  How do I spin the mohair to make that gorgeous novelty, curly yarn? Can I spin dog hair?  

You won’t have to search the internet for all different animal breeders/ or walk around the festival finding different animals, You will only have to take Julie’s class at NYSW! You will have over 20 different samples, (Julie is constantly adding fiber samples for you to explore), Each ‘take home’ box will have labeled baggies of fiber samples along with pen and index card for you to write down notes and observations.

Lendrum Spinning Wheels will be provided for you to use or you may bring your own wheel. This is an explorative class of different fibers that will enable you to further research the fibers of your choice later in your spinning career!
Instructors
JW

Julie Wilson

Julie Wilson and her family own a farm in Fines Creek, North Carolina. In 1990, two sheep came to the Wilson family. Since then, Jehovah Raah Farm (like us on Facebook) has grown to Shetland sheep, Alpacas, Llamas, Angora goats, Angora Rabbits, and Scottish Highland Cattle. Julie... Read More →


Sunday October 18, 2015 1:30pm - 4:30pm EDT
Bldg D 41.936412, -73.908597
  Workshops, Spinning

1:30pm EDT

It's So Fluffy I Could Die
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That's a complete exaggeration that I borrowed from a kid in a movie. But seriously, fluffy yarns. SOOooooo fluffy that you'll just want to snuggle right up and make them your wooby. If your spinning is dense and you want to lighten it up, we will make you a fluffier spinner in this class.
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Amy King

I am a shop owner but also an avid spinner and teacher. In 2009 my book Spin Control hit the shelves. It's a book with a lot of knowledgeon a wide range of yarns. That same year I also taught at SOAR and have done other teaching engagements around the country.  I've taught feathered... Read More →


Sunday October 18, 2015 1:30pm - 4:30pm EDT
Bldg D 41.936412, -73.908597
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