Description
Wool prep and spinning workshop. This course covers the same material as our spinning and wool prep courses, but run on two consecutive days. If students need to stay overnight, then a range of accommodation is available in Kington, from B&B's, pubs, hotels, or self catering. Please get in touch via the 'message the tutor' button for any more information.
What's included in the price?
All equipment and materials needed to complete the course. Coffee, tea, biscuits, lunch, and cake. Anything you produce on the course is yours to take home with you. All the equipment remains our property. A selection of combed tops and fleece will be available to purchase if you wish to progress your new craft when you get home. Also a drop spindle spinning kit if required.
Duration
10 hours
Cancellation policy
Medium - Cancellation and a full refund can be obtained up to 4 weeks before the course starts
Maker
Suitable for
- Adults
- Seniors
- Wheelchair users
- Vision impaired
- Parking provided
- Suitable for beginners
FAQs
Drop spindles, spinning wheels, and other equipment can be purchased from a variety of craft shops in the UK such as Frank Herring and Sons in Dorchester who operate a mail order service. However if you wish, you can purchase one of our spindle spinning kits, this includes a spindle made from 5 pencils, together with carded yarn to start you off, and full instructions for spinning, plying, washing and drying your yarn at a cost of £5.00 - a really cheap way to make sure that you take to spinning with minimal expense.
Yes, you could follow this course up with one or more of our other courses where you will learn how to use your handspun yarn for knitting, crochet, weaving or how to dye your yarn.
Yes anything that you produce on the course is yours to take home with you.
