Cabled Yarns
All Levels Welcome
Required Skills:
Students must be able to spin a continuous yarn.
Class Length:
Half Day
Class Times:
Thursday, 1 pm to 4 pm
Cabled yarns are visually interesting and fun to work with. This 4-stranded yarn can be all in one color or up to 4 colors. In this class you will learn how to spin a cabled yarn and see how the colors of the individual strands interact with together. During the class you will spin a DK weight cabled yarn with 4 different colors so you can see how the individual strands come together.
- A spinning wheel in working condition. The wheel can be foot treadle or electric.
- Or a drop spindle that can comfortably hold 40 grams of yarn
Ginger Clark has been spinning for more than 40 years and teaching spinning for almost as long. Her experience has given her the skills to be an effective teacher and sharer of knowledge. She spins on wheels, treadle and electric, contemporary and very old, and spindles of all sorts using all kinds of fibers. Her favorite spinning is making very fine yarns with cotton and luxury fibers like cashmere, qiviut, and silks for weaving and knitting/crochet. Ms. Clark likes to explore how to spin different yarns to better understand their properties so the yarn is ideal for the planned project whether it’s for knitting, crochet, embroidery, needlepoint, or weaving.