Karen Chabinsky
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Workshops Karen is Teaching
Spinning 102, Taking the Next Step
Spinning With the Right Technique I've been teaching in the Pacific Northwest for over 20 years. This includes classes for guilds, demonstrations, and managing teaching programs. My expertise includes spinning and weaving classes, and events have included the Fiber Fusion Northwest event over the past years, NwRSA Conferences in Spokane and Tacoma, demonstrating various techniques at events, and teaching spinning and weaving classes for various guilds. I am also a Certified Fiber Arts Judge, certified through NwRSA, with expertise in weaving, spinning and felting judging at local fairs from Pierce County up to Watcom County in Washington State for the last 20 years.
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If you have been spinning for a year or so and need help to take the next step in advancing your spinning skills, this class will give you tools and practice in solving the problems of lumpy, bumpy yarns, yarns that are never evenly spun, plying solutions and general issues. You have at this stage are the goals of this class. We will do a review at the start of class to focus on areas of individual concern. We will work on how to create an evenly spun yarn, understand the twist process, how to determine your wheel ratio, and break down the various spinning methods like long draw, modified long draw, etc., and cover “hard to spin” fibers with sampling during class.
Materials/Equipment needed: Spinning wheel in good working condition Lazy Kate 3 to 4 empty bobbins Spare parts if needed, eg: drive band, threading hook, etc. Bring a skein or two of fiber you have already spun |
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The class will focus on various types of fiber and how to identify the correct spinning techniques to use, what the differences are in the fibers and how preparation techniques will benefit spinners in their spinning. We will spin the various fibers and cover impact of twist, and woolen versus worsted spinning. Spinning will include long draw, short draws and other options.
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. This event is scheduled to collaborate with the North Olympic Fiber Arts Festival in Sequim and the Fiber Arts Exhibit at Studio Bob’s in Port Angeles.
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