Spinning Across America

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Colorado/Missouri Bound 2023 - Part 7

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04-16-2023 Sunday
Sunrise Silhouettes Alpaca Farm
Nunn, Colorado

Spinning at Sunrise Silhouettes Alpaca Farm

Spinning at Sunrise Silhouettes Alpaca Farm

Spinning with the alpacas at Sunrise Silhouettes Alpaca Farm

Spinning with the alpacas at Sunrise Silhouettes Alpaca Farm

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Colorado/Missouri Bound 2023 - Part 6

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04-15-2023 Saturday
Sunrise Silhouettes Alpaca Farm
Nunn, Colorado

Tutorial for Camper Naming Contest Winner

When we bought our Class C, we thought it might be fun to hold a contest on Facebook and Instagram to name it with the prize being a two-hour private lesson. We received about 100 submissions and narrowed it down to ten finalists. The winning submission was “The Twisted Traveler” by Laurette Hoagland and she requested a drum carding lesson.

The Twisted Traveler

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Colorado/Missouri Bound 2023 - Part 5

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04-14-2023 Friday
Yarn Fest
Loveland, Colorado

Morning Workshop - Introduction to Spindle Spinning

I had so much fun in the morning bringing new spinners into the world 😉 Unfortunately, that means that I didn’t get any photos to share!


Afternoon Workshop - C&C (Crepe & Cable) Yarns

In this workshop, we learned how to make crepe and cabled yarns.  These are novelty yarns that are characterized by plying plied yarns with either a single (crepe) or another plied yarn (cabled).  We also played with adding beads to some of our yarns.

The photos below show some of the many combinations made by the workshop participants.

Crepe Yarn

Crepe Yarn with Beads

Crepe Yarn with Beads

Cabled Yarn

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Colorado/Missouri Bound 2023 - Part 3

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2023-04-11 and 12
Yarn Fest 2023 - Spinning for Lace Master Class
Loveland, Colorado

If this isn’t the face of a very happy spinner, I don’t know what is!!
Georgia is very proud of her laceweight yarn 😁

This is one of the punis that Elaine created in the second half of the class.

And here is the single spun from that puni. Trust me, this photo does not do the yarn justice!