Learn how to use your blending board to build amazing fiber and color mixes into punis, rolags, batts and roving. From beginner to advanced, you’ll learn how to apply different types of fiber using layering, spotting and brushing to create gradients, stripes, textures, fractals and fancies. Learn how to use different tools with your board and how best to spin each preparation to make the yarn you want!
Instructor: Allison M. Harding
Duration: 1 day
When: Wednesday
Level: All
Categories: Spinning
Supplies that students will bring:
- Blending board
- Tools: dowels, brush, flicker, etc
- Diz (not required but you can make one easily; search out DIY Diz online)
- Spinning wheel if you want to sample different spinning techniques
- Any fibers you’d like help with using on a blending board
Material Fee: $30
Materials Included: The material fee includes a huge assortment of fibers including hand dyed and commercially dyed wools, silks, nylons, tencel, bamboo, sparklies and shinies as well as nylon netting, dental floss, a box to safely store your beautiful rolags, and the class handout.