Class Description

This class will teach the step by step process of how to turn carded wool into your own beautiful handspun using a spinning wheel. This class is intended for both raw beginners as well as folks who may have some experience with a drop spindle or a wheel. Folks who have a working spinning wheel are welcome to sign up and bring their own wheel. Folks who need to borrow a wheel for the class need to let the instructor know when they sign up and will be available on a first come first served basis since there are only a few wheels available. If you have a spinning wheel and are unsure that it will work for this class, please contact the instructor who will help you assess your wheel. Local wool will be provided from the instructor’s farm at no extra cost, but you are welcome to bring your own fiber.

Please register at least 24 hours in advance by either emailing heronsllyn@gmail.com or texting (970)-471-4691, the sooner the better!

Class length: 2 hours

Spots: 2-3*

*number of spots limited by number of spinning wheels available. If you can bring your own, more spaces can be added to this class

Cost: $45/person

Instructor Bio

Aja Ewing (she/her) is a 3rd generation fiber artist who specialises in fiber education and how textiles are connected with our natural resources. She has a BS in Natural Resource Management from Green Mountain College and a MS in Wildlife Conservation and Management from Unity University. She has 20+ experience in spinning and dyeing as well as knitting, crocheting and weaving. She's spent the last 5 years in pollinator studies, including her masters course, Cornell's Master Beekeepers course, as well as working for commercial native plants nurseries and apiaries. Through her education she has focused on ways that our textile industry impacts our natural environment and ways to improve the ways we source, process and market textiles in a method that can reduce harm or even benefit native pollinators. Aja's teaching style is engaging and hands-on and she takes care to create a learning environment that is a safe place for all. She raises sheep and bees as well as sells her handspun yarn out of her farm in Orwell, VT.