Make Friends with your E-spinner with Amelia Garripoli
About Make Friends with your E-spinner with Amelia Garripoli
Discover the joy of your e-spinner! In this hands-on class, you’ll master setup, speed, tension, and twist control for smooth, consistent results, while picking up tips to troubleshoot common challenges and spin more comfortably. You’ll see what your e-spinner can do, and for those transitioning from a treadle wheel, we’ll highlight the key differences. We’ll also explore smarter plying techniques to speed up your plying. Gain confidence, build skills, and make your e-spinner your go-to fiber companion.
Supplies, Equipment & Materials Needed for Class
• An e-spinner in working condition with reliable power (battery or wall power)
• 2 empty bobbins
• Lazy kate
• Orifice threader
• Maintenance kit
• Yarn to make leaders
• 1-2 ounces of wool top, not matted, or a fiber you are comfortable spinning
• One additional bobbin with singles for plying if you want to do that in class.
Materials Kit
No materials kit for this class.
Pre-class Homework
No homework prior to class.
Skill Level
Advanced beginner to Intermediate. Students should be able to spin consistently on either a spindle, wheel, or e-spinner prior to this class.
Contact the Teacher
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When
3-hour live online session.
Enrolled students receive 30-day access to the video recording of the class.
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, and on the day before the seminar, a reminder with Zoom link to join the class via email. Students will also be able to join the Zoom sessions from their Lessonface dashboard. Students can connect to Zoom using a tablet or computer with reliable internet. To actively participate online students also need a webcam with microphone.
Amelia Garripoli
Amelia Garripoli spins, weaves, cranks, and nalbinds her way through fiber festivals across America. Teacher, author, and fiber instigator, she sparks creativity in workshops, guilds, Zoom, articles, videos, and her books Productive Spindling and Power Spinning. A childhood immersed in needle arts led to a lifelong love of fiber arts. Find her at askthebellwether.
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About Lessonface, PBC & the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival
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. We've hosted the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival's virtual fiber arts seminars since 2021, and are very happy to be hosting these seminars for the sixth annual Winterfest January 30-31, 2027.