Intermittent Spinning: Just a Bit of Color with Jillian Moreno
About Intermittent Spinning: Just a Bit of Color with Jillian Moreno
An intermittent yarn is one with a color change that happens at regular intervals, and in various lengths. Typically, there is a background color and a higher contrast intermittent color. In the knitting and crochet world there are commercial yarns dyed to be knit or crocheted into assigned pooling patterns, working with a design that switches to a different stitch pattern when the colors change. You can use intermittent yarns for assigned pooling-type of patterns or worked without stitch pattern shifts, making a unique colorway. As a spinner you have so many options to make intermittent yarns. In this class we will explore intermittent singles, 2-ply, and 3-ply yarns. We’ll see what happens when we leave the intermittent color clear, or marl it. Of course we’ll also dip into our dyed braids stash, using a braid as the intermittent color, and as the base color. Intermittent color helps you create beautiful and unique yarns that will be a joy to work with.
Supplies, Equipment & Materials Needed for Class
• A wheel in good working order
• Regular spinning supplies (you will ply)
• Fiber:
◦ Two solid or semi-solid colors of fiber that have contrast
◦ A braid or partial braid, and a solid or natural color to use intermittently
Materials Kit
No materials kit for this class.
Pre-class Homework
No homework prior to class.
Skill Level
Curious advanced beginner. Student should be able to spin a singles and ply a yarn.
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When
2-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.
Jillian Moreno
Jillian Moreno, author of Yarnitecture: A Knitter’s Guide to Spinning: Building Exactly the Yarn You Want, can’t stop writing and teaching about spinning and using handspun to knit, weave and stitch. She explores, questions and plays and wants to take as many people as possible along for the ride.
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