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September 26, 2006

More Student work

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I have some great new pictures from one of my students, Jason. This green skein he spun in "Spinning A to Z at the Fiber Fest in August.

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And this skein he plied after taking Spinning A to Z

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He spun the singles for this brown skein using a supported spindle using a technique he learned from Gwen Powell. Then he plied it using a Navajo ply technique.

Thanks Jason!

September 18, 2006

Student work

Melanie, and accomplished jewelry designer and teacher took my full day Novelty spinning classes, Boucle and Beyond. Melanie send these great pictures of her yarn:

This is her boucle: Boucle_melanie_3

 

and Dreds:

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and Coccoons:

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Great work, thanks for the pictures Melanie!!

FiberFest 2006

  • Spinning A to Z
    These are a couple of pictures of my demo and the students in the Spinning A to Z class. This is a great class for the beginner, as it offers everything you need to know to go home and spin. We learned basic spinning and drafting with roving; discussed washing wool (not the right venue for washing a woolie), carded and combed wool for woolen, worsted and color effects; plying and finishing your yarns. At the end, for the students that wanted to give it a try, we spun silk from roving
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