Making Yarn on a Spindle
About Making Yarn on a Spindle
Fall in love with the relaxing art of spinning. Make your first handspun yarn with a drop spindle designed for easy use. Experience various fiber preparations by spinning a sampler. Build skills for confident spinning by using the park-and-draft method. Learn what to do with your spindle-spun yarn.
Cynthia, a spindle maker, loves sharing her spinning passion with beginners.
The capacity for this class is 12 students.
Class Materials
Students will want to provide:
None
Materials kit:
Kit includes a Cynthia Wood Spinner beginner friendly, rim weighted, classic branch size top whorl drop spindle and fiber for learning in class. A student may bring their own spindle provided they contact Cynthia at [email protected] in advance to verify suitability. The fiber-only fee is $7.
Materials kit cost:
$120 (to be paid directly to the instructor at the class)
Skill Level
All Levels
Contact the Teacher
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When
Single 3-hour live in-person seminar.
Class Location
Millersville University, Millersville, PA - Student Memorial Center
How It Works
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Cynthia Haney
Cynthia Dianne Haney, a spindle maker, is passionate about teaching people how to spin. She designs spindles and turns them on the lathe to aid students with high quality performance. Enabling students to make the yarn they want with a spindle. Teaching beginner spinners, of all ages and abilities, since 2011.
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