
Card Wool for Color Online Workshop
Choose your very own colorways and bring them to life with a few easy-to-master techniques!
In this Online Workshop you'll learn:
- How to use a drum carder for batts, rolags, and roving
- How to use a blending board for batts, rolags, and roving
- How to use a hackle for striped top
- How to create unique gradient and ombre striping yarns
- How to spin unique yarns with chain plying, fractal spinning, and cabling
Spinning yarns with color repeats is a joy-but buying fiber dyed to spin stripes can be expensive. Using Esther Rodgers’s best-selling video instruction throughout, this Online Workshop teaches everything you need to know to card wool for colorful striping yarns. From solid-colored top to multicolored yarns, this Online Workshop leads you step-by-step through the process of spinning the colorful yarn of your dreams. Begin Card Wool for Color with Esther Rodgers today!
Online Workshop Outline:
Lesson 1:
- Understanding Color: Gradients & Ombres
Lesson 2:
- Drum Carding
- Batts & Rolags
- Roving
Lesson 3:
- Using a Blending Board for Batts, Rolags & Roving
Lesson 4:
- Striped Top on a Hackle
Lesson 5:
- Get Spinning
- Chain Plying
- Fractal Spinning
- Spinning Cabled Yarn
Lesson 6:
- Conclusion
About the Instructor
Esther Rodgers is a writer, teacher, and fiber artist who uses innovative techniques and materials to create her yarn and textile art. Beginning with raw wool, she washes, dyes, spins, and weaves fiber into one-of-a-kind yarns and fabrics. She has taught classes all over the world and makes her home in North Carolina. Learn more about Esther and her work at www.jazzturtle.com