Time to explore preparing fleece with combs, hand carders, blending boards and a drum carder to create batts, rolags, nests, and clouds.

With our Guest tutor Annie Smithies, you’ll learn to prepare fleece with combs, hand carders, blending boards and a drum carder to create batts, rolags or nests, clouds and roving with a diz. There will be an opportunity to make your own batts and rolags using pre-dyed coloured or plain roving and trial spinning them on your wheel. Or maybe you want to know how to get the best out of the dyed roving or batts you have? Bring them along, and suggestions and ideas will be offered for trying.

Tools supplied:

Combs

Hand carders

Blending board

Drum carder

Diz

Spinning wheel for testing

Key elements:

• Fleece - raw, washed, commercially prepared

• Fleece preparations depending on what type of yarn you want to spin

• Tools

• Combs

• Hand carders

• Blending boards

• Drum carder

• Rolags

• Batts

• Roving using a diz & by hand

Attendees to Bring:

You are encouraged to bring your own equipment, if you have it, so you can gain confidence with your own tools and any fibres you are curious about but uncertain how to spin.

Please be aware that Sheffield Yarn Shop is on the first floor in a building without a lift.

Please note that all guest workshop bookings are final and non-refundable. However, you can change the date when you attend if you notify us at least 48 hours before the workshop start.

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