Making Yarn on a Spindle
About Making Yarn on a Spindle
Fall in love with the relaxing art of spinning. Make your first handspun yarn with a drop spindle designed for easy use. Experience various fiber preparations by spinning a sampler. Build skills for confident spinning by using the park-and-draft method. Learn what to do with your spindle-spun yarn.
Cynthia, a spindle maker, loves sharing her spinning passion with beginners.
The materials fee covers the spindle (yours to keep), and supplies for class. Leave prepared to shop the festival for fiber to continue spinning.
The capacity for this class is 10 students.
Materials, Equipment, and Supplies the Student Must Bring to Class
No materials required.
Materials Kit and Kit Description
Your class registration fee includes a materials kit with a value of $120 which includes:
A Cynthia Wood Spinner beginner friendly, rim weighted, classic branch size top whorl drop spindle and fiber for learning in class.
Pre-class Homework
No homework required.
Age Range
Minimum age requirement for workshop: written for adults, mature children welcome
Skill Level
Beginner (no experience)
What skills or knowledge do students need to take this workshop?
No previous skills or knowledge needed.
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 seminar.
Class Location
Expo 01
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.
About Lessonface, PBC & SAFF
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. SAFF is committed to all people feeling safe and respected regardless of their race, color, creed or sexuality. Our fiber community is open and welcoming to all humanity. We at SAFF hope to be leaders in bringing together artists, vendors, instructors, producers and processors of all different backgrounds to celebrate fiber.
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