Traditional bouclé, corespun, and other types of textured yarns are spun in multiple passes using three basic components: the core, the effect, and the binder.

This class will take you through all of the steps to create a variety of traditional soft corespun, cloud, and bouclé yarns. We’ll explore both handspun and commercial cores and binders, and we’ll spin our own effect singles from a variety of different fibers including mohair, silk, and a variety of longwools. We will also discuss techniques for creating textured yarns by blending different types of singles in the ply (i.e. differential shrinkage bouclé). Finally, we’ll discuss using different fibers, cores and binders to get different surfaces, loops, and textures in our corespun and bouclé yarns.