#spinning class

Cooking up a special colorway for my drop spindle class at Mythicon! This mix, inspired by the event’s signage and winter fae theme, will only be available to the ten participant in the class. Each person also gets an exclusive spindle design! You can sign up now at myarmcanfly.net/mythicon-classes

A couple of weeks I took a few spinning classes from my local store with a visiting teacher, Heavenly Bresser. While I consider myself a fairly experienced spinner I like to take as many classes as come past with good teachers because I don't know what I don't know. Two of the classes were about choices to get different looks with colors. I ended up using this beautiful braid in jewel tones that has been haunting my stash class exercises.

The first class focused on analyzing the colors in the braid and playing with that. We were provided various fibers we could add in (by combo drafting). For ease, I chain plied all the samples. In order the skeins are - spun straight, combo drafted with same fiber, combo drafted with grey BFL, combo drafted with orange merino (to complete color triad), combo drafted with mostly blue sari silk and drafted over white mohair yarn.

I was surprised how much I like the addition of orange. I can't say I love it, but I didn't dislike it as much as I expected. The drafting over mohair is a really neat novelty yarn. I might have to do a small project with a loopy yarn like that. Either a hat or scarf.