Handwork: Spinning Yarn on a Drop Spindle for Beginners

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16 S Chestnut St, New Paltz, NY 12561, USA
Mar 12 2025
Apr 30 2025
Handwork: Spinning Yarn on a Drop Spindle for Beginners
$150.00
  1. Wed3:15 - 5:00 pm

Description

Let’s make yarn! Students will learn to spin with a traditional drop spindle. We will prepare and use natural fleece from local sheep as well as colorful dyed wool that has been blended with silk. At the end students will take home a small skein of their newly spun yarn. Hand spun yarns can be used in handwork class for things like doll hair or the mane on a knitted horse. Students who attended this club in Spring of 2024 could register for either the Monday or Wednesday club.

Michelle Boynton is the lead handwork teacher at MLWS. She holds a MEd degree in Curriculum & Instruction from the University of San Diego, a Waldorf High School Teacher Certification from the Center for Anthroposophy, and is currently working to complete her handwork teaching certification through the Applied Arts Program at the Fibercraft Studio in Chestnut Ridge, NY.

Class dates

03/12/2025, 03/19/2025, 03/26/2025, 04/02/2025, 04/09/2025, 04/23/2025, 04/30/2025

Restrictions

Participants must currently be in grades 3 to 6.

Program enrollment capacity

Minimum: 3

Maximum: 8

Registration period

Registration starts on 03/12/2025 and ends on 03/17/2025.

In-person location

16 S Chestnut St, New Paltz, NY 12561, USA

Room: Handwork Studio

Registration closed.