Learning to Spin on a Turkish Spindle - Summer Wool Festival 2026
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£30.00 - Regular price
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£30.00
Sunday 26 July, 2026: 10.15–11.45am
This 90-minute practical workshop is perfect for anyone wanting to learn to spin yarn on a drop spindle, or for those who have spun a little, but want some help with technique.
In the workshop, we'll discuss:
- qualities of different types of wool and fibre, and how they affect your spinning
- twist, and why understand it will transform your spinning experience
- drafting your fibre
- making a leader and setting up your spindle
- the 'park and draft' method
- basic troubleshooting
- plying and finishing your yarn
All materials will be provided for use during the workshop. Participants will receive a discount on spindles that is valid for the whole show weekend.
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Rachel made the lesson very easy to follow and even showed us how to fix things when they went wrong, which was invaluable. Learning to ply at 5he end of 5he class was an added bonus. Highly recommend Cat and Sparrow lessons.
We loved the workshop and were both able to spin the wool by the end of the session. The instructions were clear and it was a very pleasant, relaxing way to spend 90 minutes. Would definitely recommend!
The only issue was that we were in a room with a divider as another session was happening on the other side of the screens and that group was very noisy making it difficult to hear our tutor easily.