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Overview

Have you ever wondered where the yarn for your sweaters comes from? Or how sheep wool can be processed into luxurious skeins of yarn? Well, wonder no more! Join us for a journey that will take you from wool to… well, eventually a jumper. Along this session you will learn how to wash, card and spin your wool, so you can eventually use it to knit or crochet something useful.

What Will I Study?

  • Different types of fibres for spinning
  • How to wash wool
  • How to card wool
  • How to spin the wool by hand using a drop spindle

Entry Requirements

No previous experience required for this course.

Materials

Wool will be available but students are more than welcome to bring their own if they wish. Drop spindles will be provided. 

Progression

Students may wish to enrol on other leisure courses, such as knitting, crochet, dressmaking etc.