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Spin with Ewe at Nash Lake Farm!
$50.00
Only a few left!
Grab your drop spindle or spinning wheel and come spend a Saturday morning spinning wool with us!
What is Spin With Ewe? It is a specially-curated event that includes a “roving flight” of various rovings milled by Theresa Bentz and Alejandra Sanchez at the Bentz Farm Mill. You will “taste” your flight of roving during the event and discuss the various sheep breeds with your fellow spinners and the shepherds.
The theme of this event for Feburary is Lambs & Love. We will do a breed study featuring two different sheep breeds, but will take a deeper dive by tasting sheep-specific roving from a ram, a ewe, and a lamb. Learn about the characteristics that differentiate these fleeces and how the role of the sheep impacts their wool growth. As a bonus our flight will be themed around the colors of love, imagine browns, corals, pinks, and reds.
We hope to see you there!
CLASS DATE/TIME:
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19TH, 2022
11:00 AM-2:00 PM CT
Location: Nash Lake Fiber Farm
Spin your sock yarn
$60.00
Only a few left!
Grab your drop spindle or spinning wheel and come spend a Sunday morning spinning wool with us!
What is Spin With Ewe? It is a specially-curated online event that includes a “roving flight” of various rovings milled by Theresa Bentz and Alejandra Sanchez at the Bentz Farm Mill. You will “taste” your flight of roving during the event and discuss the various sheep breeds with your fellow spinners and the shepherds.
The theme of this event is sock blends! Your flight will not only include heritage sheep breeds, but will also explore various sock blends so that you may spin your own sock yarn! The flight will be mailed to you prior to the event, which will take place via Zoom.
We hope to see you there!
If you would like to arrange local pick-up of your flight use discount code: LOCALSWE to save on shipping!
CLASS DATE/TIME:
Sunday , JANUARY 30, 2022
11:00 AM-2:00 PM
Photo credits:
1. Ashlee Gulden-Bennett
2. Drew Arrieta
Spin with ewe- The other side of wool- March 19th 11-2
$50.00
Sold out
Join Alejandra and Theresa for an informative spin with ewe as we explore the other side of the wool industry. We will discuss the breeds of sheep that are typically used for their other products such as milk and dairy, and how the industry values their fiber. We will spin a variety of wools from these breeds and talk about lock structure and additional uses for the wool. We will touch on what creates the "itch" factor in woolen garments, and the nerve sensors in our feet. We will also have a special guest who uses wool from these breeds to spin and knit garments she donates to the elders at the Little Earth Community, finding value in something the industry gives little to no value to.
We will have two opportunities for this spin with ewe! Come spin with us at Nash Lake Farm in person on March 19th from 11-2, or virtually on March 26th from 11-2pm by following this link https://www.awoolenforest.com/classevent-tickets-1.
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