Jillian Moreno
Saturday PM
Tints, tones and shades are stealth colors. Often overlooked in favor of their bright cousins, they fill out the color wheel with their ethereal lights, earthy mid-tones and smoky darks.
In this class we will work on combining solid colors with black, white and grey to make spectacular tints, tones and shades. You may hand card, hand comb, parallel draft or ply as your combination method.
These in-between colors are the secret to bringing color combinations to life. They are the difference between a flat one-note colorway and one that dip and soars. Tints, tones and shades are the core of what makes ombré and tonal colorways.
In this class you’ll make custom colors and colorways, by adding neutrals to transform plain colors.
You’ll learn how to quickly and simply keep track of your blends with enough detail to easily repeat them.
Finally we’lll spin our colors to see how the colors change and bloom when they are spun.
Skill Level:
If you can spin a continuous thread and have made a 2-ply yarn this class is for you. Students need basic knowledge of carding or combing.
Material fee: $20
A variety of fibers and preparations, including fibers dyed by independent dyers. Students receive enough fiber for class and to practice skills at home after the class.
Student Supplies:
A wheel in good working order that you have used recently, 3-4 bobbins, a lazy kate, a niddy noddy, tags to mark samples and pen and paper to take notes. A set of handcards OR sampling combs (depending on which style of preparation you like to spin). Please bring any other spinning tools you like to use.
Homework: None