Fibre giveaway

Featured fibre dyer this monthis Helen of My Heart Exposed.Interview and prize draw.

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DIY spinning wheel

Bishopofknit has built his ownspinning wheel for $7 and givesus the instructions to do thesame.

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Hand Spinning NewsDodging the raindrops

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I've been working hard to finish this issue in plenty of time for Fibre East,which I'm getting excited about now, I'll be taking some spending money withme and hope to be on the spinning team for the 'Fleece to cushions' event(which was back-to-back challenge). The cover photo above is me spinning atthe show last year, can we hope for such glorious weather again this year..?

Apologies for the bias towards Fibre East, it is my local one, and I've resolvedto visit more shows next year.

Something I've noticed over the last few months is more interaction. I love itwhen you get in touch to let me know about things I may not have seen or tocomment on the stories I've highlighted.

So I've started a forum where you can not only suggest items for the nextissue, but discuss and comment on the stories below. I've chosen Ravelry forthis as many readers will be registered there already, and if you don't have,I'm sure you'll find it the most useful site to join. You'll find the forum here andyou'll also find handy links as you read this issue.

Lots of the blogpicks this month are Tour de Fleece blog posts, and I've gathered them together into their ownsection. If you're not familiar with the TdF, participants aim to spin every day while the Tour de France ishappening, with challenges on the way.

There's definitely a 'shawl' theme this month. Not deliberate but maybe appropriate given the current non-Summery weather.

So on with this month's bumper selection of fibrey features, freebies and fun...

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News and articles from around the webFibre East, Spinning wheel for $7, The Wool Experience, 25 ways to wear a scarf, Tunisian crochet withyour handspun yarnTour de FleeceSolar system, Green day, Silky, Metro, More consistent, Examining a braidMore from the blogosphereFeeling citrussy, What could be more fun than a fresh new fleece?! The rule of the fleece, The Great Britishstory, Knitting and crocheting directly from a silk hanky, Handspun hairpin lace mitts, Handspun EstonianlaceGalleryShowing off some of the best images I've found this monthFeatured fibre artist and fluffy giveawayAn interview with an independent dyer and an offerFree patternsA selection of free patterns which will work well with handspun yarnEventsSome dates for your diaryCourses and tuitionWhere to go for a day, weekend or a week to learn or improve your skills

News and articles from around the web

Fibre East - 14-15 July

It's almost time for the second Fibre East at Thurleigh, Bedford, a festivalcelebrating British wool and natural fibres with 80+ exhibitors.

There will be lots of opportunities to 'have a go' at many crafts including rag rugging,longdraw spinning, inkle weaving, feltmaking, knitting and crochet.

As last year, Michael of Sheer Sheep will be giving talks and shearing demonstrations throughout theweekend.

Something that should appeal to spinners is that you will be able to choose a fleece while it is still on thesheep!

I have been asked to pass on that the event will not be cancelled due to the recent weather.

After a site inspection on Wednesday, "it is firm and solid and in no way boggy or soggy". But I'm sure itgoes without saying - bring a brolly and raincoat just in case of rain.

http://fibre-east.co.uk

DIY Spinning wheel for $7

Thank you to josiekitten for pointing me towards this wonderful project. Bishopofknithas built his own spinning wheel for $7 and gives us the instructions to do the same.

it's called 'Dodec' because of the shape of the wheel. Its construction means thatthere's no wood-turning involved.

At the link below (Ravelry link, requires free account) he gives plans, photos and links to a parts list andseveral videos.

http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Bishopofknit/700-spinning-wheel

The Wool Experience

Diane, MurmuringWheel on Ravelry, has been in touch with a follow-up about The Wool Experience on 7 July. A fewvisitors mentioned that they'd seen the details here, so I hope that you had a goodday and Im sure you'll be pleased to hear that you gave £190 at the door which allgoes to local charities.

If you were there you may have seen Jamie finding out how the sheep feel as he had his head shearedin aid of The Kenya Project

The video is lovely - do look out for the sheep in the background who take a vague interest from time totime.

Diane says "The Singing Shearer did the honours and was trying not to laugh throughout!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjhUAtOFneU

25 ways to wear a scarf

The free patterns I've picked this month happen to be shawls / scarves and if youfind yourself stuck for the best way to wear one, or if you've seen a photo that madeyou wonder "how did she put that on?" then this video may help.

Wendy demonstrates 25 ways to wear scarves and shawls and she has made thevideo in a very clever way.

After you've watched the video, do have a look at this slightly less serious take on the same subjectshared by We Love Wool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LYAEz777AU

Light and Variation

With thanks to Pure Tinctoria for this collection of articles.

Nine Tapestry artists write about how they choose colour.

My favourite is Inge Norgaard's Light and Variation, an engaging article about colourtheory and finding the colour in nature.

http://americantapestryalliance.org/education/educational-articles/choosing-colors/light-and-variation/

Tutorial: Tunisian crochet with your handspun yarn

Toni Rexroat says that Tunisian crochet is "ideal for use with handspun yarns tocreate warm accessories and items of clothing."

As you work, the stitches stay on the hook like knitting. For longer rows are longer acable attaches to the hook.

Her guest post on Spinning Daily links to a paid-for e-book on the subject, but the article does take youthrough the the most popular Tunisian stitch with diagrams.

If you're tempted to have a go, you can find the special hooks and cables at p2tog.com

http://www.spinningdaily.com/blogs/guest/archive/2012/05/07/crochet-with-your-handspun-yarn.aspx

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Tour de Fleece

Touring

Kicking off this little round-up of Tour de Fleece posts is YarnHarlot.

Stephanie's posts are always a good read, and here she reveals that the secret toovercoming feelings of pressure is to set a reasonable goal. Good advice at anytime, not just for TdF.

http://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/archives/2012/07/04/touring.html

Solar system theme

Lucy 'In the Sky' rather appropriately has a solar system theme for her Tour.

I can't decide whether my favourite is her 'Jupiter' in reds and oranges, or 'Earth' in alovely blue.

The link below is for her Jupiter post. she uses some dyed fibre that she had alreadybut is perfect to match the picture of Jupiter as seen from Voyager.

http://inthesky1.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/jupiter-as-seen-from-voyager-1.html

1094 yards

I loved the merino braid when I first saw it - the silkiness in it is tencel.

ToadofToadHall has completed her first TdF project - this is 1094 yards of 2 ply laceweight yarn (167g) The other ply (green) is merino / tussah / camel.

She says that she has in mind a lace cardigan - that will be beautiful.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/39023408@N03/7543092270/

Silky

The fibre here is also a wool / silk mix.

Su sann has spun several bobbins full of this, click through to her more recentphotographs to see more bobbins of singles and the plied yarn, but this is myfavourite photograph and really shows off the lovely colours in this fibre.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/96853827@N00/7474225608/in/photostream/

Metro

I love the colours in this braid too, and I'm as fascinated as Susanna is about howthe green has dominated in the plied yarn and the greys and blues have almostdisappeared.

The plied yarn is here

http://blog.susannawinter.net/post/26219390048

More consistent

Grace is getting a lot out of the Tour. She says "I'm really enjoying getting the timeto spin every day. My spinning is getting a lot more consistent, and I'm learning newthings about my wheel."

She obviously loves sparkles as they seem to feature in all of her yarn. SomethingI've yet to try.

http://knittinggoddesswithacat.wordpress.com/2012/07/07/tour-de-fleece-day-6-and-day-7/

Examining a braid

I'm currently really interested in the different ways that people split and spin a dyedbraid. On day one of the Tour, Kate of zeithound shows us how she examined thisvery colourful Falkland wool and split it in order to make a pair of socks.

She should end up with matching stripes in each sock and she's planning to navajoply in order to keep the colours concentrated. She also says that she's going to tryknitting the pair at the same time.

http://zeithound.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/tour-de-fleece-2012-day-1.html

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More from the blogosphere

Feeling citrussy

This gorgeous shawl took josiekitten just a week to knit.

Not only does she give us plenty of pictures of the progress from dyed fibre throughto finished shawl but she has made some comments about technique too.Particularly interesting are her notes about spinning for knitting with singles anddealing with a twisty skein.

I like the pattern (take a close look at the 'ruffled' effect), I like the spiral-dyed fibre from picperfic and Iparticularly like the fact that she's drafted the fibre and knitted unplied single in order to get the most outof the colour graduation. This has really inspired me. I'm looking forward to seeing marianne at FibreEast this weekend and will be looking out for some similar spiral-dyed fibre!

http://theknittingexploitsofjosiekitten.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/feeling-citrussy.html

What could be more fun than a fresh new fleece?!

I think the word 'fresh' could be a little bit of a misnoma as a raw fleece often smellsless than fresh...

As mentioned elsewhere this month, at Fibre East you'll be able to choose yourfleece while it's still on the sheep and watch it being blade-shorn.

In case you need more inspiration, knitsnthings gives us some pictures and details about the fleeces thatshe's bought and has been scouring this month.

http://knitsnthings.wordpress.com/2012/06/15/what-could-be-more-fun-than-a-fresh-new-fleece/

The rule of the fleece

Also on the theme of choosing a fleece, here Yarnspider writes about how sheassesses a fleece and how she scours it.

http://yarnspider.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/rule-of-fleece-those-of-non-fibre.html

The Great British story

Shearer's Girl Lydia has been spinning and speaking at an event linked to the BBCseries, The Great British Story - A People's History.

Good work, and obviously necessary when visitors think that spinning wheels todayare 'only made for demonstration' and 'don't really work'!

http://talesfromthesheepshed.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/great-british-story-spinning-at-hall.html

Knitting and crocheting directly from a silk hanky

I'm going to herd three posts together here. I've never seen anyone knit or crochetstraight from the silk hanky but this month I've come across some posts aboutexactly that.

The last link is a post that I enjoyed from Chemknits who writes about spinning fromsilk hankies. It was her first time and she writes her thoughts.

A hanky is one way to buy silk . The coocoon has been de-gummed and spread out on a square frameand you usually get many layers, each being a single coocoon. Another form is a cap, where the silk hasbeen pulled over a bell-shaped form. Dyers will often dye silk in cap or hanky form.

To spin from a cap or hanky you usually peel off a layer, make a hole in the middle and pull outwards,which starts to pre-draft the fibres.

http://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/archives/2011/02/02/mine_mine_all_mine.html

http://www.flickr.com/photos/spiraldyeddownunder/5760795550/

http://www.chemknits.com/2012/07/spinning-silk-hankies.html

Handspun hairpin lace mitts

I've not often read of spinners using a knitting machine with their handspun, I gatherfrom the post that these beautiful mitts were machine knitted from Ryeland andGritstone wool.

The decorative strip is hairpin lace, a new technique to me, there is a great tutorialhere: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au92IzOPU5E

http://www.endenisia.com/post/21779051489/hand-spun-hairpin-lace-mitts

Handspun Estonian lace

A beautiful shawl and an absorbing post.

Kate Larson shares lots of thoughts and details about the wool she's used, herinspiration and her chosen preparation and spinning techniques.

She says that it was fun to knit and it became her 'indulgence knitting'.

http://katelarsontextiles.com/2012/05/31/handspun-estonian-lace/

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GallerySometimes I find pictures of lovely handspun or finished handspun projects with little or no additional information(with apologies to the owners of these pictures if you have blogged about them elsewhere or if you'd like to tellme more, please let me know and I'll pass on the extra information in the next HSN)

A teeny twist

How about this for a tiny twist on a traditional shawl?

style4doll is making these miniature garments from her spindle-spun wool. Followthe link below and click through her photos for lots more captivating images.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/43406400@N06/7460741492/

Camera Strap

spinalatte gives us another unusual idea for handspun yarn. "so much better thanthat stiff black camera strap" she says.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/43713413@N03/7435752608/in/photostream/

Weaving with handspun

Weaving with a small loom is a great stashbuster (see May's tip about minimisingwaste) and there are so many ways to weave with handspun. Here CoreyDina useshandspun for the warp and the weft; a fine warp in two colours and the weft thickand squishy.

click through to the previous photo in her photostream to see the yarn

http://www.flickr.com/photos/coreydina/7458837392/in/photostream/

Tapestry woven scene

Another weaving project, tapestry weaving this time.

A little information with this one; mountainweaver says "Tapestry woven withhandspun wools and some other fibers like glitz. Measures 13 x 5ins. Woven on aMirrix tapestry loom in Saori style"

http://www.flickr.com/photos/28087603@N08/7410621114/

Spindle collection

Do you have a collection of spindles? No information but this is a beautiful photo ofan amazing collection of supported, Turkish and top-whorl spindles.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/weekendknitter/7462392232/

Feather and Fan shawl

I'm enjoying graduated colour this month and this is another lovely example.

Spinatude says that the fibre is "Handspun gradient Polwarth wool in the LITHOScolorway. From wildhare.etsy.com"

I love the pattern but there are a number of shawl patterns called Feather and Fan.If anyone recognises this particular one, please let me know.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/26611878@N08/7281192340/

Pluckyfluff at Yarnival

Among the more surreal statements this month, Lexi Boeger, pluckyfluff says "Mystuff will be shown in the taxidermy/wine cooler bar"

She's moved her blog to Facebook and I'm not sure how this photo will show ifyou're not registered there or logged in. I'm sure that stuffed animals won't beeveryone's cup of tea but I think this is a very cute picture.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=501418903208311&set=a.491737544176447.132051.161477090535829&type=1&theater

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Fibre giveawayLast month we met Carole Greaves of the shop Skeins, who offered a custom-dyed braid. The idea wasobviously an appealing one as there were a lot of entries. There were some lovely messages too and I'm sorry ifI haven't replied to you personally but thank you all very much. The random number generator picked theseventh entry in, which is Jenny, so well done and enjoy your specially-dyed fibre.

This month I have spoken to Helen of My Heart Exposed. You may well have seenher blog, she's been writing about dyeing, spinning, food and family life for nearlyten years and she's been on Ravelry as myheartexposed for almost as long.

Briefly describe yourself and what you do

I'm a full time Mum of six young people, home educator of fifteen years bothof which keep me very busy indeed. I set up and run My Heart ExposedYarns and Spinning Fibre in April 2010 which grew from strength to strengthin its first two years and is now a large circle of MHE Friends. I make all myown natural dyes, mordants and other crazy mixtures from plants, seeds,fruits, vegetables, herbs, roots, pods and basically anything I find that I thinkI can extract a natural hue from really. I'm completely fascinated with what the earth provides us withto use and only source ingredients locally or from sustainable resources here in the UK. I also workactively in the recycling community running five local Freegle groups.

How long have you been spinning / dyeing and what got you started?

I've always been a dyer, I remember a now funny but not at the time story from when I was about sixor seven years old. My friend Vanessa and I were making one of our potions, we used to soak rosepetals in different liquids to see what colour we could use for dyeing our own made paper with. Oneevening I got called for dinner so grabbed a bottle of clear looking 'wine" from the sitting room dressershelf and poured it over the petals pushing the bowl underneath my bed to hide it. Later on I'dcompletely forgotten about this until my dad started asking who drank all his vodka! I didn't even knowwhat vodka was :-) Anyway too scared to retrieve the bowl, I left it under the bed knowing that myfriend and me could check it the next day after school when she came in our house. During the night Iheard a crunching noise really close to my head, thought I had dreamt it at first but it grew louder andlouder, I jumped out of bed and lifted up my pillow to check, there on my bed under my pillow was aGIANT and I mean huge black beetle! needless to say I never kept dye stuff under my bed ever again!

I started spinning yarns only in April 2010 so am fairly new to the scene. I have just finished my 26thyarn so am really proud of this achievement. With the Tour de Fleece well under way now I hope toget this number up to at least 28 to 30 before the end of July. I had to take a long break from spinningsoon after starting because in October 2010 I somehow managed to break my coccyx (tailbone) boneso could not sit. It has taken well over a year to get to be able to sit down with my wheel again so nowI'm loving it, its like starting again getting to know my wheel Julius.

What got you started?

See above for an early dyeing experience, what got me started on dyeing? well I had beautifullycreative teachers at school who were always encouraging us to do things with our hands. I went to aschool for visually challenged children from the age of 3 up to 16 because I am registered legallyblind. The use of colour was something that always seemed massively important at our school, Iguess I was just blessed to have had such inspiring role models who definitely can take all the creditfor getting me started working with and playing with colour.

Spinning, what got me started on that? it has to be my friend Lynn aka The Yarnwenchhttp://yarnwench.com/ she and I have been friends for over nine years on the blog scene now and Iwas always massively inspired by her fibres and spun yarns journal entries. Then through Ravelry Ijoined a local group of knitters and went along one evening to one of their meet ups. Jammam akaJacqui of Spinning A Yarn brought along some sparkly yarn she'd finished spinning and another ladyChriss Coleman aka chriss on ravelry sat there beside me spinning the most amazing yarn on one ofher drop spindles. It was incredible, so relaxing watching her spinning away whilst joining in with

chatting, drinking coffee and eating cake with the rest of us ladies, she had such amazing control ofthe fibre and the spindle, it was like magic. The following week when Chriss brought in the yarn, well Ihave been hooked ever since fondling it and just HAD to do some spinning for myself.

What inspires you?

My children.

My four youngest children are such characters, my two sons are both doing different design BAdegrees so creativity definitely runs in our family, but the four youngest who are with me all the time,well they for me are what its all about. Harvey who is turning five in July thinks everything is magic, hebelieves in fairies and sprinkles magic everywhere, every day, all the time. My second oldest son Ivanwho has just turned eleven, well he is just my sunshine boy, ever since he was born he has been thelight of my life, he gathers things from the forest, beach, woodland, basically everywhere he goes he'llbring back a bag of goodies for us to try and extract colour from. Then there are my two absolutelystunning young ladies, Angelica 15 about to turn 16 in October and our Millennium Princess Imogenwho was born on the actual millennium day Jan 1st 2000. Both of them are my right hands with thedye pots, Angelica does all the skeining, wrapping of parcels etc, I'd be completely lost without them.Its through our lovely and many conversations I draw inspiration from them the most, Imogenespecially has a wonderful imagination when it comes to breaking all traditional rules on which colourgoes with what, she is incredible.

Where / how do you sell your work?

This will take you to my facebook page: http://facebook.com/MHEyarns

This is my shop hosted on Folksy: http://folksy.com/shops/myheartexposed

My blog is turning ten years old this October: http://neat-and-pretty.livejournal.com/, this in itself is amassive achievement which I can hardly believe myself.

What aspect of your work do you enjoy most?

working with my children, playing with colour and generally massaging my creative spirit allowing it toshine through everything.

What makes your work or your service special?

Everything is unique, made with love and the most special part of all is seeing what all our MHEfriends create with their fibres or yarns that I have made, that in itself is the most wonderful gift thereis, being able to share in the journey from one of my giant stove pots or buckets packed with naturalmaterials to a finished garment made by one of you. I always get so excited seeing photographsappearing all over the internet after people have bought a fibre or yarn and seeing what they end upwith after putting their own creative magic to work.

Is there anything else you'd like to tell folk?

My family has been through a lot in the last ten years but somehow we always manage to pullthrough the not so good times and have smiles on our faces with love overflowing in our hearts. Thiscan be put down in some way to my belief that life is way too short to live in black and white,celebrate colour in all its magical forms, being creative is oh so important especially at those timeswhen life overtakes you and you feel that you just can't do it right now, those are the times to soldieron with something creative, its massively good for the soul and will nurture your insides helping youthrough the darker moments. Someone once said to me "why does everything always have to bespecial with you" well the spirit that runs through My Heart Exposed is living proof that it can be, I trulyvalue all the beautiful messages I receive and want to thank you for allowing me to be a small part ofyour creative journey.

Helen would like to hold a prize draw - the winner can before the end of Septemberchoose any one fibre for up to £10 from one of the MHE updates.

To enter the draw, simply email me at shiela@handspinner.co.uk with the subject line 'MHE'. We'll makethe draw just before the next HSN. Please state if you don't want to receive news from myself or Helen

in the future.

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What's new?

Zwartbles fleeces from Norfolk

These girls live at Friend's Farm in Norfolk. Keith has contacted me to say that hehas a dozen zwartbles fleeces for sale.

Zwartbles fleece is inky-black (fading through to sun-bleached brown at the tips) ithas a good staple and is wonderful for spinning. I can really vouch for the breed asI'm using zwartbles one of my current projects and it really is good stuff.

I've added the details to the fleece directory at handspinner.co.uk, so click through to find further detailsand other farms where you can buy fleece directly.

http://handspinner.co.uk/fleece-for-spinning.html

Yarnmaker magazine issue 10

I was a little late stocking Yarnmaker number 10, but now have it alongside everyback issue to date.

Yarnmaker magazine is a UK-based magazine for spinners. Each issue is packedwith articles on all aspects of spinning such as wheels, spindles and otherequipment, art yarn, dyeing, sheep breeding, patterns, as well as letters, directoriesof guilds and businesses, news and events.

http://handspinner.co.uk/yarnmaker_magazine.html

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Free patternsA selection of free patterns which will work well with handspun yarn.

Handspun Oaklet Shawl

This could be a great pattern for a first lace shawl with its large area of stockingstitch and easy lacy border.

It uses one good skein, 100g / 350m of fingering weight (14 wpi) and looks great inhandspun as demonstrated here by sand_and_sky (pictured).

Note that there's a correction to the pattern I've linked to below. Should read "To make a larger shawl,increase the number of reps by multiples of 4"

http://www.tricksyknitter.com/store/oaklet-shawl-28.php

Unleaving scarf

Lee Juvan loves garter stitch - she says here that it "brings out all the wonderfulqualities of handspun"

This shawl also uses one good skein of handspun 100g / 350 yds of lace tofingering or even heavier. This pattern also contains a hint about weighing yourskein as you work to make sure you use the yardage that you have.

http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEff12/KSPATTunleaving.php

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Events 2012Fibre East

14 & 15 July 2012, Thurleigh, Bedfordshire

It's great to see that the Fibre East festival will be held again in 2012 following the success ofthe first one last year. It gives those in the Eastern, Midlands and Southern Regions anopportunity to join in an event which aims to encourage and promote natural fibres.

Fibre-East has its own Ravelry group: http://www.ravelry.com/groups/fibre-east-2011 andTwitter stream: http://twitter.com/FibreEast

http://www.fibre-east.co.uk/ (New website under construction)

Wool Week

15 - 21 October 2012, multiple activities throughout Britain

Run by the Campaign for Wool with patron HRH The Prince of Wales.

Wool Week 2012 will begin in the United Kingdom on October 15th, with lots of events around the UK.

www.campaignforwool.org

Courses and tuitionPlease let me know if you are or you know a tutor with a calendar of events.

Cornwall: Audrey Durrant is heavily involved with the Cornwall Guild and works with the Rare BreedSurvival Trust. She teaches spinning, basic weaving, is a hand dyer and gives talks and demonstrations.Find out more at www.hawthornfibres.co.ukDerbyshire: See listing above of spinning, dyeing and weaving holidays with Alison Daykin (external link toSkylark Holidays' programme and prices). Five-day or weekend breaks. Alison also has a less formal'Monday night group': spinningandweaving.weebly.comDumfries and Galloway: Sue Macniven offers Residential Courses or one to one workshops in Twynholmor at your own venue http://www.handspun-exotics.co.uk/workavail.htmlHampshire: Spinning and wool workshops at The Old Dairy, Westover Farm, Nr Andover. Wool - qualities,uses and preparation 15th July. Hand spinning for beginners 21st July. For more details go towww.urbancottage.co.uk/courses or call Nichola 07905167922Lancashire: Spinning workshops at Knit-Wise. 2012 dates: March 17, April 14, May 12, June 16, July 14.All materials included for £40, contact Cathy (lazykate) on 01695 580590 www.knit-wise.co.ukManchester:Spinning courses with Dee Sayce. also sewing, felt making, weaving, dyeing, batik and silkpainting (external link to beetlefelt) http://www.beetlefelt.co.uk/workshop_spinning.htmlNottinghamshire: Spinning courses with Juliet Hill www.handspinning.org.uk/index.html (external link toJuliet Hill Handspinning)Norfolk: Single-day spinning courseswww.norfolkyarn.co.uk/Homepage/News/tabid/77/Default.aspx(external link to Norfolk Yarn website)Sheffield: Tuition and Demonstrations by Diane Fisher, the Murmuring Wheelhttp://www.murmuringwheel.co.uk/events.html (external link to Diane Fisher's calendar)South Lincs: Single-day one-to-one spinning courses with all equipment supplied.http://www.alpacathingz.co.uk/(external link to AlpacaThingz website)

Spinning and weaving holidaysIf the listing below does not display properly, please view it on the web at http://handspinner.co.uk/links.html

with Skylark holidays and Alison Daykin.

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Happy spinning and don't be a stranger!

Shiela

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