Jillian Moreno
Friday AM
Barber pole, peppermint stick, humbug, piebald, or marled, when you think of these yarns do you think of a color plied with white or black? There is much more to marling than these starkly contrasted yarns.
In this class we will spin all kinds of marled yarns. In the process we’ll learn about contrast and value and their effect on marled yarns. You’ll learn about optical blending and how draft and yarn size affect color.
Marled yarns can be used sparingly as transitions between colors, or all over to make yarn and fabric with deep dimensional color.
Using natural, solid and variegated fibers, we’ll spin single, double and intermittent marls with a variety of contrasts. We’ll work marls on singles, 2-ply and 3-ply yarns to learn how ply influences color, and discuss how best to use marls in making cloth.
Any way you spin them, marled yarns bring excitement to your spinning!
Skill Level:
If you can spin a continuous thread and have made a 2-ply yarn this class is for you.
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. Please bring any other spinning tools you like to use.
Homework: None