Triangle Weavers Guild

Important Dates/Info

Class date:

• Saturday, October 3rd from 10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Members $36 Non-members $56

Material fee:

• Up to $10 for silk yarn depending on how much the instructor can bring and how much the student uses.
• Fee to be paid to the Instructor in class on the first day of class.

Registration opens at 12:00 pm (noon): Tuesday, August 4th

Registration deadline: Saturday, September 19th

Cancellation deadline: Thursday, September 3rd

Location: Room #3 at the Triangle Fiber Arts Center

Description

Most spinners start out making two-ply yarn or chain plying. This class will:

• Help you make your plied yarn more even.
• Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of spinning multi-ply yarns.
• Teach a few other plying structures.
• Consider some of the differences between spinning and plying methods and how they affect the potential uses of handspun yarn.

Prerequisites for participants

• Must be able to spin a continuous thread on the wheel that they bring.

Materials to be provided/Additional instructions for students

• Students must bring their own wheel and pre-spun single ply yarn (1 oz. on each of 4 bobbins or wound off onto a storage bobbin or equivalent (not a center pull ball)
• Please bring a lunch or snack if you would like. Access to a refrigerator and microwave are available in the building.

• For questions about the class, contact (twg.classes@gmail.com)
• For questions about your registration, contact the Registrar (twg.registrar@gmail.com)