Course curriculum

    1. Batt presentation

    2. Batt preparation

    1. Spinning

    2. Transitions and blending

    3. Drafting

    4. Niddy noddy

    5. Bath

    1. Pink spiral preparation

    2. Wool curls preparation

    3. About core threads

    4. About fibres used

    5. Spinning

    6. Transitions

    7. Niddy noddy

    8. Bath

    9. Skein pampering

About this course

  • $42.00
  • 16 lessons
  • 1 hour of video content

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About this class

This is a step by step tutorial on how to spin my Wood Fairy boucle art yarn. The tutorial is divided into 15 videos between 1 min to 15 min each. 


This class is bilingual English and French. Ce cours est bilingue anglais francais.

In this class for advanced spinners I show and explain how to achieve the yarn shown in this photos. You need to have a good spinning base to make that complex yarn. The course includes the dyeing of a roving, although this is not a dyeing class, which would be too long. You need to have a wheel suitable for art yarn and a bobbin at least for 8 oz. I used a braid of dyed merino, a bit of tencel and curly locks. You can also use a batt. Please message me on my facebook or instagram if you need assistance I will gladly help. If you have taken other classes by me there is some steps you may be familiar with.

My classe are frills free. No fancy videos tricks no bothering intos I got straight to the making with my phone camera.

Ce cours s'adresse aux fileurs (ses) ayant une bonne base technique au depart. Je montre toutes les étapes pour creer le fils que vous voyez sur les photos. Ce cours inclus la teinture de la tresse de merino, mais ce n'est pas un cours de teinture proprement dit. Vous devez avoir un rouet approprié aux fils fantaisie avec une bobine pouvant contenir environ 8 oz minimum. J'ai utilisé une tresse de merino teinte, un peu de tencel et des meches bouclées. Vous pouvez utiliser une nappe également. Si vous rencontrez des difficultés ne vous genez pas pour m'envoyer un message sur messenger ou via instagram. Si vous avez pris d'autres cours avec moi vous allez probablement etre familier avec certaines étapes.

Mes cours sont depourvus de flafla. Pas d'intro ennuyeuse ni de trucs videos impressionants, je vais direct au `faire` avec ma camera de telephone.

 

Note that this class includes my class on how to spin yarn from a batt (the pink yarn single), as the first part.

Instructor(s)

Joyce Huard

Fibre Artist

I’m a 46 years old Canadian textile artist living in Quebec province. Of course I have always been a heavy crafter since my childhood. My maternal grand mother was doing all kind of needle work and she was a skilled seamstress with unlimited patience, and endless determination to run large projects. My paternal grand mother owned a sewing business for I few years when I was a child. I think my love for the yarns and textiles starts from there. Babysitters could easily forget I was there if I had a needle and some thread... When I went to the fashion school, we made a trip to a mill where they were making yarns and weaving tweeds. I always had a big love for wool, and heavy fabrics with texture. I became addicted to jackets and coats making, but hunting the perfect fabric was long and disappointing. I started to add yarns, fringes, and embroidery to my sewing projects. But I was not fully happy. When we went back to Canada, I started to included sweater pieces, hand knits and crochet to my clothes, mixed with fabrics. But I was still feeling unsatisfied. Finding the perfect yarns, or fabrics was impossible. Since my neighbors have a sheep farm, I had this idea to ask them to take the fleeces and try to make yarn, so I could create exactly what I need. My intention was also to weave my fabrics and try some felt. I had no idea at all in which adventure I was diving in...and no experience in hand spinning, felting or weaving whatsoever. So I saved my money and bought my kiwi wheel with my beloved giant bobbin. Then a carder...a loom, dyes, and you know the suite... After a very successful crowdfunding campaign that allowed me to buy new tools, I started to create content for my patrons on Patreon, by sharing live videos of my daily work, exclusive YouTubes, patterns and tutorials. I’m now very deep down the rabbit hole of fibre arts, and with my new studio now I could play with my sewing machines, the wheels, the loom, the dyes, and I have total control of what I’m creating, and a lot of fun. There is no words to describes the sentiment of satisfaction when you start from dirty smelly fleeces and end up with a colourful wearable piece of clothing. I recently created my stand alone website, www.mynoush.com, where you can find the links to my socials media’s and see my current work. Happy visit! Joyce

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