Meet the instructor:
Amy Tyler, a nationally recognized spinning teacher, has her formal education in Modern Dance, Kinesiology(MS) and Animal Physiology(PhD). But she left her academic life to pursue the Fiberarts in 2004. She has been teaching spinning and other fiberarts since 2007. She has taught a multitude of classes on various spinning topics and wheel mechanics all over the US and Canada. Some of the venues she has taught at are:
Ply Away
New York Sheep & Wool (Rhinebeck)
Southeast Animal Fiber Fair (SAFF,
Wisconsin Sheep & Wool
Michigan Sheep and Wool
Duluth Art Institute
and many more!
Her website is stonesockfibers.com. The Central Ohio Weavers and Fiberarts Guild is lucky to be able to Host Amy for this local workshop.
Have you ever been interested in taking your spinning skills to the next level? Have you seen beautiful dyed locks and wondered, how do you spin with those? Or do you have a fleece and want to shortcut processing and just use the locks directly?
Have you ever been interested in taking your spinning skills to the next level? Have you seen beautiful dyed locks and wondered, how do you spin with those? Or do you have a fleece and want to shortcut processing and just use the locks directly?
THIS WORKSHOP IS FOR YOU!
Learn how to use and manipulate various kinds of lock, mohair, long wools and shorter crimpy wools, to kick up your spinning to the next level. Using them to both make a single and also to add to roving for more interesting textured yarns.
If you like smooth worsted yarn, we will also learn how to flick locks and spin directly from the lock.
Workshop details
Workshop title: Spinning with Locks
Skill level: advanced beginner/intermediate. (Be able to spin relatively consistent singles on a wheel)
Class time: 6 hour class
Instruction fee:
Members: 120.00 to be paid to with registration
Non-Members: 145.00 to be paid with registrations
Material fee: 20.00 to be paid to instructor at time of workshop
Maximum number of participants : 18
Participant Requirements: spinning wheel in good working order, 3 bobbins, lazy kate, flick carder, (or dog cat slicker brush or dog “rake”)
Instructor provides: samples for examination, notebook with handouts, fibers for spinning, sundry supplies.
Date: May 4, 2024
Location: Courtyard Marriott-Worthington 7411 Vantage Drive Columbus, Ohio 43235
Time: 9:00 to 4:00 pm with a 1 hour break for lunch (bring your own)
