Intermediate Drop Spindle
About Intermediate Drop Spindle
Enhance your drop spindle skills. Move beyond park and draft into spinning suspended. Gain control over drafting your planned yarn. Start reading your spinning to respond appropriately. Spinning exclusively on spindles, Cynthia shares her insights.
Open to anyone who has used a spindle to spin yarn.
The materials fee, included in class price, covers fiber for class. Cynthia provides drop spindles and tools for students to use, available for purchase after class.
What will students learn:
Tips, tricks, and techniques to move beyond beginner drop spinning of yarn.
Materials, Equipment, and Supplies the Student Must Bring to Class
Optional: Their drop spindle, an example of their handspun yarn.
Materials Kit and Kit Description
Your class registration fee includes a materials kit with a value of $10 which includes:
Fiber for spinning in class.
Pre-class Homework
No homework prior to class.
Class Cap
The capacity for this workshop is 6 students.
Age Range
Minimum age requirement for workshop: Adult
Skill Level
Advanced beginner (some experience)
What skills or knowledge do students need to take this workshop?
Students need to have made yarn, at least once, with a spindle. Typically students will have some experience using park and draft on a spindle.
Contact the Teacher
Send a direct message from the teacher's profile page with any questions you might have about the class.
When
Single 2-hour live in-person workshop
Class Location
Dorton Arena at the NC State Fairgrounds
How It Works
Register and enroll above. Enrollment is not complete until payment is made on the next page, by credit card or Paypal via our secure platform. Enrolled students will receive an immediate email confirmation of enrollment..
Refund Policy: To cancel an enrollment or request a refund, contact [email protected]. For 30+ days before, we refund 95%. Between 30 and 5 days, receive a 75% refund. No refunds within 5 days of class start date.
Cynthia Haney
Cynthia Dianne Haney, a spindle maker, is passionate about teaching people how to spin. She designs spindles and turns them on the lathe to aid students with high quality performance. Enabling students to make the yarn they want with a spindle. Teaching beginner spinners, of all ages and abilities, since 2011.
Back to Carolina FiberFestAbout Lessonface, PBC & the Carolina FiberFest
Lessonface's mission is to help students achieve their goals while treating teachers equitably. Since 2012, we've hosted more than 30,000 students and 2,000 teachers for over 500,000 music, language, and arts lessons and classes online. The 19th annual Carolina FiberFest is March 14-15, 2025 in the Expo Center at the NC State Fairgrounds. Workshops will be held in the Dorton Arena March 13-15, 2025.