Blending Boards: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

About Blending Boards: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Come ready to learn proper technique for making rolags (the good), while avoiding common mistakes that make blending frustrating and difficult (the bad) and discovering ways to pick colors to blend to create harmony instead of unintentional mud (the ugly). We’ll use commercially prepared fibers for blending and discuss how to use fleece. Learn an effective way to use the blending board to sample different color ideas and practice loading the board for ease of removal of rolags and ways to incorporate fibers of varying lengths without getting clumps, tangles, or excessive fibers left behind on the board.

Supplies, Equipment & Materials Needed for Class

• Blending board with accessories (i.e. dowel rods of various sizes, natural bristle brush)
• Spinning wheel in working order (espinners okay)
• At least one empty bobbin for sampling
• Lazy kate or equivalent for plying samples
• Notebook and pen or pencil with eraser
• Fiber: merino top in varying colors and any effect fibers of your choice such as sari silk, wool neps

Materials kit - Optional

$22 (plus shipping)
Kit includes a total of 6 ounces of various colors of fibers for blending - commercial combed top, silk as well as other fibers.
Purchase kit here: https://www.heavenlyknitchet.com/product-page/blending-board-student-kit

Pre-class Homework

None

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Age Range

All Ages

Skill Level

All – no prior experience needed.

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$45.00
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When

Single 3-hour live online session.

Enrolled students receive 30-day access to the video recording of the class.

Jan
25th
2:30 PM - 5:30 PM EST
Blending Boards: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Heavenly Bresser

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.

Heavenly Bresser

    Heavenly Bresser is an award-winning handspinner, spinning wheel restorer, and international fiber arts instructor. She is excited to share her love for fiber arts with the world. Heavenly actively teaches at a local art center in Illinois, where she is a faculty member. Heavenly has many years of teaching experience including a wide range of handspinning courses through various organizations and fiber events including the SOAR retreat, Wisconsin Sheep and Wool, New York Sheep and Wool, and Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival (online), Vogue Knitting Live and Stitches Events. Some of her areas of passion include the love for working with color, working from fleece as well as researching historic information for antique spinning wheels. Her published works can be found in Spin Off, PLY, tinyStudio CreativeLife, and Surface Design Journal magazines. Heavenly has made it her mission to help fiber artists of all levels to expand their knowledge about their craft and to try new things.

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