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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

Colorado/Missouri Bound 2023 - Part 4

2023-04-13
Yarn Fest 2023
Loveland, Colorado

Morning Workshop - Color Blending on Handcards

In this workshop, we combine the three primary colors (and black and white) to form all different color effects.

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

Afternoon Workshop - What Every Spinner Needs to Know

In the afternoon workshop, we discussed all of those great tips and tricks that more experienced spinners shared with us when we were new to the craft. But since we were in information overload, we forgot many of them!