Using Your Wheel's Ratios to Spin Efficiently with Nancy Wilson
In this half-day class, students will learn what spinning wheel ratios are and how to measure them for their specific wheel. We will discuss how ratios affect the resulting yarn. Students will learn how to count twists per inch and make yarn samples using each ratio on their wheel. We will analyze a variety of yarns and discuss how using a different ratio will help spinners replicate yarns, both handspun and mill spun. Students will receive a variety of fibers and use what they have learned to make spinning decisions for the fibers.
This workshop is open to students age 16+
Date & Time
Saturday June 1, 1pm-4pm
Skill Level
Students must be comfortable with a spinning wheel, able to spin a continuous single, and have some experience plying yarn.
Materials Fee
A $ 15 materials fee, which covers fiber and yarn samples and a class handout, is included in the cost of registration.
Students Should Bring
- Spinning wheel, preferably with multiple whorls, in good working order
- Extra bobbins
- Magnifying glass (instructor will have a few to share)
- Approximately 1 oz. of a fiber student is comfortable spinning (this will be used to create samples)
- Niddy Noddy
- Lazy Kate
- Equipment the spinner would normally bring to a spin-in
About the Instructor
Nancy Wilson has been spinning since 1988, after acquiring the first two llamas of what would continue to be an integral part of her fiber journey. Spinning followed with knitting (which she learned from her mother) and then dyeing. After retiring in 2018, she started participating in the Artist in the Classroom program offered by the City of Sedona. Nancy enjoys sharing her love of fibers with kids, as they are the future of fiber arts. She is an active member of both the Mountain Spinners and Weavers Guild in Prescott and the Verde Valley Weavers and Spinners Guild. She completed the Olds College Master Spinner program in 2019. Nancy has recently added rigid heddle weaving to her repertoire and enjoys using her handspun yarn in all her fiber projects. For Nancy it’s all about the yarn, and she loves to share her passion for spinning with others and encourage them in any way she can.
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