Spinning Hemp
Intermediate
Required Skills:
Know how to operate your wheel
Class Length:
Less than Half Day
Class Times:
Students will learn how to adjust their wheel for spinning hemp fiber. Several methods of spinning hemp fiber will be taught with a variety of hemp fibers. A little history of hemp, what happened to hemp, and what the future of hemp fiber is in the USA and around the world.
Registration Fees:
For FTWG Members: $10
For all others: $10
Materials Fee:
None
Materials Fee Includes:
Several varieties of hemp fiber
Registration Fees are paid when you register to attend the FTWG Conference. Materials fees are paid directly to the instructor at the beginning of class. You should plan to pay the materials fee in cash.
- Spinning wheel
- Lap cloth
- 3 bobbins
- Lazy Kate
- Small dish for water
First a professional teacher and then a spinner, Joan Ruane has been teaching spinning classes throughout the U.S., Canada, UK, Australia, and New Zealand since 1980. Active in local and regional Guilds, she has also owned and operated fiber shops in both Florida and Arizona. Joan has published cotton newsletters, written articles for fiber magazines and has published three DVDs: Cotton Spinning Made Easy, Cotton Spinning with A Takli/ Charkha, and Spinning Hemp. She has republished Hand Spinning Cotton by Harry and Olive Linder, bringing it up to date with modern techniques. In 2015, Joan published the much needed “Beginning Cotton Spinning on the Wheel” workbook. Her DVDs and books can be streamed or purchased through www.Taperootvideo.com. For more information, check out her website, www.cottonspinning.com.
These photos were provided by the instructor to demonstrate the experience of taking this class.
