Cartmel Handspun Spinning School
Contact Name: Elaine Ware
Telephone: 015395 33443
Address:
Beckside
Lindale-in-Cartmel
Grange-over-Sands
Cumbria
LA11 6NA
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Cartmel Handspun Spinning School's Courses
£150
Fun packed week-end in the Lake District National Park learning the absorbing art of hand spinning.
Start out in our fleece store to learn about fleece selection, purchase and preparation. Move on to carding on a drum carder and then start to spin on drop spindle. Having mastered drafting on the drop spindle progress to a wheel. Look at setting up a wheel and the principles of tension. Turn your prepared batts into spun singles....
£345
Combine a holiday in the Lake District National Park with an in depth week-end learning the ancient art of hand spinning.
Learn the essentials of fibre design and how to create the fibre you actually want. Start out in our fleece store to learn about fleece selection, grading, purchase. Spend time working with the different aspects of fleece preparation. Move on to carding on a drum carder, and then start to spin on drop spindle....
£80
Hands-on practical one-day spinning course in the Lake District National Park. Covers all aspects, including fibre selection and preparation. By the end of the day you will have working knowledge of the all the techniques necessary to go away and start spinning your own yarn.
The course covers:
• Fibre selection and preparation. Looking at all sorts of fleeces to find what's best for your needs
• Carding and Blending fibres using a drum carder...