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Fiber Preparation for Spinning

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Overview

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Description Get the custom look and feel you want by prepping your own fiber! Join popular instructor and creative spinner Esther Rodgers and learn how to use a variety of tools such as carders, combs and hackles to ready your fiber and create unique blends. Along the way, Esther will teach you basic techniques for picking and rolling fiber such as unspun wool as well as using hand and drum carders. You’ll also discover how to easily remove your fiber as punis, batts and rolags. Want to create unique color blends? Esther will show you how to use a blending board to do just that. Plus, you’ll see how to use hackles to produce striking layered colorways and stripes.

Syllabus

  • Class Preview
  • Fiber Basics
  • Hand Techniques
  • Drum & Hand Carders
  • Removing Fibers
  • Blending Boards
  • Hackles & Combs

Taught by

Esther Rodgers

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