Beginning Handspinning Intensive

Name: Beginning Handspinning Intensive
Start: 2025-09-14T12:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-09-14T17:00:00-04:00
Location: 56 Wall St, Madison, CT, United States, Connecticut 06443

Schedule

Sun Sep 14 2025 at 12:00 pm to 05:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

56 Wall St, Madison, CT, United States, Connecticut 06443 | Madison, CT

Beginning Handspinning Intensive. Sunday, September 14 2025. 12-5 PM. $100.00 includes fiber and drop spindle. With Dayna Mankowski and Mary Crosby . $25.00 deposit holds your space. Maximum- 4 students. Call 203-245-5921 to register.
If you would like to learn how to create unique yarn for your knitting or fiber projects, this class is for you. This workshop will teach: why wool spins into yarn, how to prepare wool for spinning, how to spin on a drop spindle and a spinning wheel. Many types of wheels are available to try, and you will learn which type is right for you
Part 1: Will teach the basics of fiber preparation, drafting and spinning on a drop spindle
Part 2: will teach basic spinning on a spinning wheel, the types of spinning wheel (Scotch tension vs Irish tension, Single vs Double treadle, etc). If you have your own wheel, please bring i