Yarnitecture: Building Exactly the Yarn You Want

About Yarnitecture: Building Exactly the Yarn You Want with Jillian Moreno

Is the yarn in your head the yarn in your hand? Do you always spin the same yarn? Do you have a dream yarn you just can't make happen? Are you unhappy with what happens to the colors when you spin a variegated top or roving? Do you love your handspun yarn, but don't like how it looks knitted? In this class, we’ll focus on making yarn that inspires you from commercially dyed roving and top -- yarn you’ll love to knit with. We’ll follow the ideas in my book “Yarnitecture: A Knitter’s Guide to Spinning: Building Exactly the Yarn You Want” and explore fiber, preparation, draft, ply, and color and how each element affects your finished yarn. Along the way you’ll get tips to keeping your yarn’s end use or yarn vision in mind and your yarn consistent. This class will give you confidence to build the yarns you want to knit with!

This Fiber Arts Seminar is offered as part of the 2021 Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival and is limited to 20 students.

Class Materials Needed

A wheel in good working order, at least three bobbins, a lazy kate, a niddy noddy, tags to mark samples and pen and paper to take notes, materials kit purchased directly from instructor. Kit available for U.S. students. Materials kit will be an additional $25 + $8.50 shipping, and can be purchased directly from instructor. Ordering instructions for the materials kit will be available in Lessonface once you have enrolled. To allow enough time for the kit to arrive prior to the start of class, registration for this class will close on April 3.
Instructor will be happy to work with international students to help them find suitable fibers.