Electric Sheep: Exploring E-spinners (A)
About Electric Sheep: Exploring E-spinners (A)
Tempted by spinning but not sure a regular wheel’s for you? Intrigued by the idea of making just the yarn you want but not sure where you’d put a wheel if you had one? Feet/knees not doing what you want as painlessly as they used to, making the whole treadling part of wheel spinning look less than fun? Take a tour of 10+ e-spinners and even try out a few in this experiential, process-oriented class for folks just starting their spinning journey. E-spinners are small, tabletop-friendly, juiced up and ready to go–you might discover one that’s just right for you! Students will get acquainted with multiple different e-spinners and be exposed to some bedrock spinning skills. By the end of the class, new spinners should have some sense of whether spinning on an e-spinner is for them and know a bit more about how various e-spinners work and how they compare with one another as well as with acoustic wheels.
The capacity for this class is 12 students.
Materials, Equipment, and Supplies the Student Must Bring to Class
No participant-provided materials required. Students just need to bring their curiosity and willingness to learn–and their patience with the process and with themselves.
Materials Kit and Kit Description
Your class registration fee includes a materials kit with a value of $60 which includes:
Shared use of instructor’s herd of e-spinners–including models by Ashford, Daedalus, Dreaming Robots/EEW, Hansen, and more; three to four ounces of undyed and hand-dyed wool and wool-blend roving from various breeds for use in trying the e-spinners.
Pre-class Homework
No homework required.
Age Range
Minimum age requirement for workshop: Class open to students 12 years old and up. No adult accompaniment necessary. Students must have enough manual dexterity to hold and draft wool roving and must be able to to focus for the duration of the class.
Skill Level
All Levels
What skills or knowledge do students need to take this workshop?
This class is specifically designed for new spinners who want to explore e-spinning; it is process-oriented, rather than product-oriented. No previous experience with spinning is required.
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When
Single 3-hour live in-person seminar.
Class Location
Expo 02
How It Works
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Refund Policy: To cancel an enrollment or request a refund, contact [email protected]. For 30+ days before, we refund 95%. Between 30 and 5 days, receive a 75% refund. No refunds within 5 days of class start date.
Liza Q. Wirtz
Liza Q. Wirtz, better known as Q (aka the Chief Feline), runs multifaceted fiber-arts business The Foldout Cat from her home studio in Alabama with the frequent and welcome assistance of partners Fiber J and Maker J and the help of a fluctuating number of cats.
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