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Spinning - Intro to Spinning
Spend the morning with Adele learning about the history, techniques and practicalities of drop spindling.
Teacher: Adele Moon
Workshop Duration: Half Day
Description: You will learn how to spin a 2 ply yarn using a top whorl drop spindle as well as where to source fibres and what they can make with their own hand spun wool. You will also learn a little about the history of drop spindling and its significance in textiles all over the world
Materials: There will be a $30 materials fee which will include a small bag with spindle and a selection of different local natural fibres for spinning - Granite Haven Gotland and Llama roving, Fairfield Finns Finn/cashmere tops, Wool/Alpaca blends from Cashmere Connections and Border Leicester locks from local Fleece
Takeaway: You will take away 1 or 2 different examples of hand-spun fibre that can be used for knitting or weaving or other fibre crafts. You will also have notes to review what we have done in class.
Level: Beginner
Prerequisites: no previous spinning experience required
So I wrote last week a post asking “Is my making fast fashion?”. And then I did a video on Instagram discussing similar topics in a slightly different way. And as always, you lovely humans have helped me clarify some of my thinking with your thoughtful, clever commentary.
And while I think there is so much more to discuss, here are four key possibly-more-meta ideas that have come up for me out of those conversations.
In using the quote last week that suggested that there was no single answer, and suggesting that this was freeing, I really did mean that we should sit in the grey. Not that the lack of “an” answer to this question should mean we get to ignore the question but rather that the lack of “an” answer means that we need to keep asking bigger more beautiful questions. And keep asking them.
Is my making fast fashion?
Am I living my values or merely thinking them?
And how can I make those two things a little more aligned in this moment?
These are my big beautiful questions.
Yours might be different.
And importantly this leads to point 2.