Finishing Your Yarn with Maggie Casey
About Finishing Your Yarn with Maggie Casey
When I first learned to spin, I thought there was just one way to finish your yarn. You washed it, rinsed it and hung it to dry with a light weight if it was misbehaving. I was missing so much information. In fact, maybe you shouldn’t finish your yarn at all until you have used it in your project. It depends! In this class we’ll explore the reasons for finishing or not and then play with some of the different ways to finish your yarn. We’ll also see if the way you spin your yarn may determine how you finish it. We will talk about finishing cellulose fibers as well. Note: There will be time to do some of the finishing techniques so hot and cold water should be available nearby.
Supplies, Equipment & Materials Needed for Class
• There will be time to do some of the finishing techniques so cold and hot water should be available nearby
• Students should have 8-12 small skeins of handspun wool to try different finishing techniques
• The skeins should be big enough to make a small swatch or sample to understand how the finishing can affect the project
• Most of these can be skeins of different wools or the same wool, your choice
• For two of the skeins, spin one skein woolen and one skein worsted of the same fiber
Materials Kit
No materials kit for this class.
Pre-class Homework
Students should have 8-12 small skeins of handspun wool to try different finishing techniques.
• The skeins should be big enough to make a small swatch or sample to understand how the finishing can affect the project.
• Most of these can be skeins of different wools or the same wool, your choice.
• Two of the skeins should be from the same fiber but spin one skein woolen and one skein worsted.
Skill Level
Beginning spinning skills required, but we won’t be spinning yarn in 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.
Maggie Casey
Maggie Casey has been addicted to spinning since the last century and while some people are proud of their wine cellars, she much prefers her fleece basement. She was co-owner of Shuttles Spindles & Skeins until it closed in 2020. Besides teaching spinning at Shuttles, she also teaches at the Estes Park Wool Market, Harrisville Designs, John C.
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