Sunday, October 19, 9:00am–12:00pm

Description: Spinning a consistent yarn and changing yarn sizes are two skills that most spinners want to learn. The key to polishing your skills for both is learning to control twist. Twist is the heart of spinning: it’s what shapes fiber into yarn. Learning to manipulate twist is the key to creating a yarn that’s a consistent thickness, no matter the size. Keeping a yarn consistent through a spin is a matter of tracking your yarn. In this class we’ll explore wheel set-up, spinner’s control cards, ply back samples, grist, drafting zones, keeping track of your yarn, and how and why to control the amount of twist in your yarns. You’ll learn methods of changing the size of your yarn from lace to super bulky, and gain skills to keep your yarn consistent through a single braid or a whole project.