Primitive Breeds

For tens of thousands of years, humans and sheep have travelled the earth together. These hardy creatures produced everything we needed -- beautiful fleeces of many colors, milk, meat, leather, and bone. We gave them good shepherding -- water and safe pastures. Some of these breeds still survive, and many modern shepherds have worked to create a modern Noah's Ark for these special animals. In this workshop we will look at some of the beautiful fleeces available to handspinners and discuss how to buy a fleece and prepare it for handspinning. Spinners will have a chance to try Icelandic, Finn, Shetland, Gotland, Jacob, Navajo-churro, and Karakul.

No. of Participants:15 students. Students should be able to spin a continuous thread and have working relationship with their wheel.

Equipment: Students should bring their wheels with all its parts and extra drive band material. Hand cards/ flicker/ dog brush/ wool combs. Do NOT go out and buy anything if they don't already have it. I have enough to share and then they can decide what suits them best.

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Class Length: 3 days.