Hawthorn Fibres

Contact Name: Audrey Durrant

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Harmony Cottage
Twelveheads
Truro
Cornwall
TR4 8SN

Hawthorn Fibres's Courses

Hand spinning course - Truro

Hand spinning course - Truro

This course is designed both for the absolute beginner who would like to have a taster session and for those who are returning to the craft and would like a refresher. For the Spinning Course, the student will be taken through: - Preparation of Fibre - Skirting and sorting a fleece - Washing the fibre - Carding the fibres with combs, hand and drum carders - Drafting the fibres to enable easier spinning - Spinning singles - Plying the singles together - Skeining the yarn We have been spinning and...

Hand weaving course - Truro

Hand weaving course - Truro

This course is designed both for the absolute beginner who would like to have a taster session. A warped up multi shaft loom will be available to use plus an array of yarns to create a sample piece of cloth or scarf. A day's course will run from 10am - 4pm with a 45min break for a light home made lunch For the weaving Course, the student will be taken through how............ * the loom works * calaculation for required yardage / meterage * securing the warp and weft *...