How to...
- How to...
- How to use a drop spindle to spin wool or any other fibre (with video)
- Getting started. A quick guide to preparing and drafting fibre when using a drop spindle or spinning wheel.
- How to use a Turkish drop spindle to spin wool or any other fibre (with video)
- How to card wool and other fibre using hand carders (with video)
- How to use a niddy-noddy to make a skein
- How to ply (with video - Andean plying)
- General information
- Books
- Spinning podcasts
Spinning and weaving holidays
with Skylark holidays and Alison Daykin Alison also has a less formal 'Monday night group': spinningandweaving.weebly.com
Other courses
- Cornwall: Audrey Durrant is heavily involved with the Cornwall Guild and works with the Rare Breed Survival Trust. She teaches spinning, basic weaving, is a hand dyer and gives talks and demonstrations. Find out more at www.hawthornfibres.co.uk
- Cornwall: Cornish Crafty Girls, a mother and daughter team offering spinning workshops will be at the Princess Pavilions in Falmouth, Cornwall on Saturday 14 April 2012 cornishcraftygirls@yahoo.co.uk
- Derbyshire: See listing above of spinning, dyeing and weaving holidays with Alison Daykin (external link to Skylark Holidays' programme and prices). Five-day or weekend breaks. Alison also has a less formal 'Monday night group': spinningandweaving.weebly.com
- Dumfries and Galloway: Sue Macniven offers Residential Courses or one to one workshops in Twynholm or at your own venue http://www.handspun-exotics.co.uk/workavail.html
- Hampshire: Spinning workshops at fibre craft studio Beaker Button, the Fairground Craft and Design centre, Weyhill. 31 March - Spinning with a wheel (£25 range of wheels available to use or bring your own); 28 April Spinning with a spindle (£30 includes spindle and a bag of fleece). For more details contact 07738 534164 or info@beakerbutton.co.uk
- Lancashire: Spinning workshops at Knit-Wise. 2012 dates: March 17, April 14, May 12, June 16, July 14. All materials included for £40, contact Cathy (lazykate) on 01695 580590 www.knit-wise.co.uk
- Manchester:Spinning courses with Dee Sayce. also sewing, felt making, weaving, dyeing, batik and silk painting (external link to beetlefelt) http://www.beetlefelt.co.uk/workshop_spinning.html
- Nottinghamshire: Spinning courses with Juliet Hill www.handspinning.org.uk/index.html (external link to Juliet Hill Handspinning)
- Norfolk: Single-day spinning courses www.norfolkyarn.co.uk/Homepage/News/tabid/77/Default.aspx(external link to Norfolk Yarn website)
- Sheffield: Tuition and Demonstrations by Diane Fisher, the Murmuring Wheel http://www.murmuringwheel.co.uk/events.html (external link to Diane Fisher's calendar)
- South Lincs: Single-day one-to-one spinning courses with all equipment supplied. http://www.alpacathingz.co.uk/(external link to AlpacaThingz website)
- Weaving
- Derbyshire: Spinning, dyeing and weaving holidays with Alison Daykin (external link to Skylark Holidays' programme and prices). Alison also has a less formal 'Monday night group': spinningandweaving.weebly.com
- South West: Louise Cottey teaches at Coldharbour Mill (external link to Coldharbour Mill website)
- Manchester: Weaving workshops courses with Beetlefelt (external link to beetlefelt)
Blogroll
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