As a part of our Re-Fashioned Textile Fest, Susan Denham-Smith will be hosting a taster session of Drop Spindle Spinning.
Learn to spin a yarn using the most versatile, but basic of spinning equipment a drop spindle. If you have taken part in the first (processing Session) you will then learn to spin the fibre you have created. You will take home a length of hand spun yarn.
Susan is a member of the Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers, and a qualified master spinning teacher. She has been teaching crafts for over 20 years, with the National Trust, in schools and galleries and the long- running craft club at The Fox and Hounds Inn, Ennerdale Bridge. She is currently working with blends of Herdwick and luxury fibres such as silk, linen and alpaca in a bid to “Make Herdwick Sexy”.
This session is suitable for beginners aged 18+ with reasonable mobility. Our centre is wheelchair accessible with parking on site, ramped access to the studio door and level throughout. We have a wheelchair-accessible toilet.