20 September 2025, 1.00 - 4.00 pm Burridge Gardens Community Centtre

Spinning Workshop with Brenda Gibson

For Intermediate Spinners Only

The Workshop will cover:-

  • Spinning deliberately thick or thin singles
  • Normal plying (two singles of same thickness and same tension)
  • Andean Plying
  • Corkscrew effect yarn (unequal tension, thickness
  • Chain plying 3 (or more) ply yarn (Navajo Plying)
  • Boucle Yarn

These would each be demonstrated and then practiced.  There is a possibility for other techniques, but these should be requested in advance (but there may not be time to include them)

What to bring

  • Spinning wheel or espinner
  • Fibre prepared ready to spin
  • At least 2 bobbins of spun singles (not necessarily full but a decent amount and ideally including something a bit slippery)
  • Fine commercial yarn to use as a binder eg sewing thread or fine silk
  • At least one empty bobbin with leader
  • Lazy Kate – can be improvised eg shoe box with knitting needles
  • Note Taking materials and or/phone camera.

Cost £25.00 for LGWSD members .  This will be opened up to non LGWSD members if there are still places available nearer to the date of the workshop

please contact juliette.syme@gmail.com to reserve your place

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