Spinning Workshops

SPINNING

Before Peg Fike taught me to spin, I was sure that it was too hard, that it was necessary to look exactly like a fairy godmother to qualify, and that spinning would take too much time away from knitting. That was when I was forty-six. Now at sixty-three, I know that my students learn the basics of spinning in three lessons, that I still look like myself, and that spinning my own yarns has liberated my knitting.

1st lesson:	I teach beginners how to spin on a Navajo spindle. Learning on this spindle enables a spinner to progress to either a bobbin or spindle point wheel.
2nd lesson:	How to Spin on a Flax or Wool Wheel. Long draw on the Louet, plying.
3rd lesson:	Fine Points, Review, Wool Preparation, plus what and where to find supplies.

Between lessons a spinner needs to practice. Our brains learn faster than our bodies. I prefer a week between each session, but those who come from out of state usually combine a vacation in the wonderful midcoast area here, and their spinning lessons. For them I can teach the first lesson one day, then a week later, the second "wheel" lesson. The third and final session can be folded into an afternoon the same day as the 2nd session.

Three spinning sessions are $150.00 and times are arranged individually by Katharine and the student(s). The studio provides spindles to buy ($17.00) and the free use of a wheel while taking lessons. There is a $12.00 fee to cover the cost of a pound of unspun wool.

Occasionally I teach intermediate spinners who want to fine tune or up their skills.

Please contact me to schedule a spinning class.

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