Camaj School of Fiber Arts

What is this workshop all about?

Some books I used during my spinning journey

THE LEGAL STUFF - PLEASE READ

PRE-CHAPTER QUIZ - TEST YOUR BEGINNER SKILLS

LESSON 1 - Spinning should not hurt. See how to sit properly at your wheel

Stretches and exercises for prolonged sitting

LESSON 2 - Proper foot position on the treadel(s)

LESSON 3 - What does grip strength have to do with spinning?

LESSON 4 - Intro to the spinning wheels pieces and parts

LESSON 5 - Parts of a FLYER-LEAD spinning wheel or scotch tension wheel

LESSON 6 - Parts of a BOBBIN-LEAD spinning wheel or Irish tension wheel

LESSON 7 - Up take or take up. Whatever you call it you need it

LESSON 8 - Treadling tricks and S & Z. Which way is which?

LESSON 9 - Managing drive bands on a single-drive wheel

LESSON 10 - Why does my drive band need to rest?

LESSON 11 - How to attach and thread the leader

LESSON 12 - Whorls, pullies and twists per inch (TPI). How to measure yours

Test your knowledge

What's my wheel?

GUEST SPEAKER - Jim Eichter master spindle maker/woodturner and owner of True Creations - About me

GUEST SPEAKER - Watch Jim Echter turn a Nostepinne

GUEST INSTRUCTOR - Beginning drop spindle with Cynthia Haney

RECORDED LIVE FACEBOOK VIDEO WITH MARY 1-5-21

SPINNING WHEEL SPOTLIGHT - The Kromski Sonata

Eszee Twist Tool and Yarn Planner 30% off for members

LESSON 1 - Pre-module spinning exercise WATCH NOW - The rest of the module will be ready February 1st.

LESSON 2 - What fiber might be good for a new spinner?

LESSON 3 - How to use the Eszee Twist Tool spinners control card

LESSON 4 - Staple length and what it has to do with spinning

LESSON 5 - Fiber supply, drafting hand and drafting/pinch styles

LESSON 6 - Managing combed top and pre-drafting

LESSON 7 - Find your rhythm

LESSON 8 - The math and art of twist - Twist per inch

LESSON 9 - Twist per inch (TPI) calculations and ply back

LESSON 10 - Backspin...why????

LESSON 11. Joins that hold

LESSON 12 - Kinky yarn

LESSON 13 - Flyer Hook, hoops and cross-lacing

LESSON 14 - Recorded Facebook live with Mary Egbert

LESSON 15 - See how steam works on combed top. It's amazing!

Try this yummy recipe

1 - Plying introduction

2 - Plying - What? When? Why? Where?

3 - Plying Fundementals

4 - Yarn package

5 - Setting up kate

6 - Revive it and measure bumps and angle

7 - Plyback from a stale bobbin

8 - Kate far away from me

9 - Kate close to me

10 - Wind it up

11 - Navajo 3-ply

12 - Classic 3-ply

13 - Calculating 2-ply and 3-ply yarn

Plying on a drop spindle LIVE Facebook class with Cynthia Haney

FREE PRINTABLE WOOL SCOURING LOG

Research citations for this module

LESSON 1 . Scrouing Class Intro

LESSON 2 - It all starts out raw

LESSON 3 - The Burn Test

LESSON 4 - testing your water

LESSON 5 - Water: How hot and why?

LESSON 6 - Water: How much and why?

LESSON 7 - Intro to wool grades

LESSON 8 - Micron and crimp structure

LESSON 9 - Crimp and wool grade show and tell

LESSON 10 - Soaps for scouring

LESSON 11 - But first, a word

LESSSON 12 - Assessment before scouring

LESSON 13 - Pre-rinse. Yay or nay?

LESSON 14 - Scouring in action

LESSON 15 - Advanced sampling

LESSON 16 - The nuances of fine grade fiber and scouring in lock formation

LESSON 17 - How to scour alpaca or other fiber with no lanolin

LESSON 18 - Parade of the scoured fibers

LIVE FACEBOOK DEMO/CLASS 4-8-21 SHOWING HOW TO TEST FOR PH, WOOL STRENGTH AND MORE!

Introduction to Module 5 - Welcome!

LESSON 1 - Intro to WOOLEN everything

LESSON 2 - TPI or Teet/tines per Inch . Does this matter?

LESSON 3 - Drum card safely

LESSON 4 - Drum carding scouring Corriedale locks - POOF!

LESSON 5 - Carding scoured Corridale locks removing 2nd cuts

LESSON 6 - Drum carding fine grade wool and what happens

LESSON 7 - Making rolags on a drum carder

LESSON 8 - What is a diz? Check these out!

LESSON 10 - dizzing scoured Corriedale off of a drum carder

LESSON 11 - Dizzing combed top ROVING off a drum carder

LESSON 12 - Let's look at all the preps made using a drum carder

LESSON 13 - Making rolags on a blending board Part 1

LESSON 14 - Making rolags on a blending board Part 2

LESSON 15 - Dizzing roving off a blending board

LESSON 16 - Spinning Woolen - Why? What? How to calculate the amount of twist and more!

LESSON 17 - Woolen drafting styles or draws. Let's get spinning!

LESSON 18 - How do I adjust the yarn thickness using longdraw? I show you how.

LESSON 19 - Spinning rolags long draw

LESSON 20 - Samples, samples, samples

LESSON 21 - Finishing woolen yarn - YAY! You made it to the end of Module 5!

LESSON 1 - The history of worsted

LESSON 2 - Inro to home worsted fiber tools

LESSON 3 - How to set up worsted tools for optimum and safe use

LESSON 4 - To grease or not to grease

LESSON 5 - Combing it rough

LESSON 6 - Combing with milk?

LESSON 7 - Worsted draw or drafting technique

LESSON 8 - Spinning conditioned Merino and Corridale

LESSON 9 - Scouring and prepping wool for lock combing

LESSON 10 - Lock combing but not true

LESSON 11 - Looooong lock on 5-pitch combs

LESSON 12 - Combing dual-coated wools

LESSON 13 - Blending natural colored scoured wool locks on wool combs

LESSON 14 - Blending and dizzing with a hackle

LESSON 15 - Setting the twist for worsted spun yarn

References

Test your dye knowledge

LESSON 1 - Dyeing intro

LESSON 2 - Calculations for dyers

LESSON 3 - Simple color theory for dyers

LESSON 4 - Mixing ancillary dye solutions

LESSON 5 - Mixing pirmary colors using food grade gel dyes

LESSON 6 -Mixing secondary colors from primary food grade gel dyes

LESSON 7 - Mixing tertiary colors from primary and secondary liquid dyes

LESSON 8 - High immersion sample dyeing of all 12 colors & how to set up dye sample sheet for your dye book

LESSON 9 - Mixing acid dyes 1% DOS

LESSON 10 - How to mix pastels for a pretty ombre effect

LESSON 11 - How to tone down a hue, or color, and make shades

LESSON 12 - How to handpaint combed top

LESSON 13 - A little secret using your drum carder

LESSON 14 - Tie dye dyeing

LESSON 15 - Solar dyeing firestar and Snow on the Mountain

Troubleshooting - let me help you

Worksheets for your Dye Record Workbook and flow sheets

Want to get a certificate of excellence in dyeing? Check it out

Intro to breeds/grades

FINE GRADE SHEEP WOOL - MERINO

COMPARISON OF MERINO GRADES

SCOURING FINE GRADE SHEEP WOOL FOR COMBING

FINE GRADE SHEEP WOOL PREP

SPINNING FINE GRADE WOOL AND TRUE WORSTED

MEDIUM GRADE SHEEP WOOL - CORRIEDALE

SCOURING MEDIUM GRADE WOOL BOWL METHOD - CORRIEDALE

ROUGH COMBING MEDIUM GRADE CORRIEDALE

CARDING CORRIEDALE WOOL THAT WAS SCOURED USING THE BOWL METHOD

MEDIUM GRADE SHEEP WOOL COMBING IN LOCK FORMATION

COARSE GRADE SHEEP WOOL - LEICESTER LONGWOOL

SCOURING COARSE GRADE WOOL - LEICESTER

COMBING COURSE GRADE LEICESTER WOOL

COURSE GRADE LEICESTER - USING A SWING PICKER AND DRUM CARDING A BATT

BONUS - FULL COURSE - SWING PICKER BASICS

DUAL COATS

DUAL COATED SHEEP - ICELANDIC AND NAVAJO CHURRO

SCOURING DUAL COATED NAVAJO CHURRO

Congrats! You have completed this module

How to spin thick 'n thin yarn from combed top

Thick n thin 2-ply using combed top

Part 1 - How to make coils using a batt

Part 2 - How to make coils using a batt

Part 3 - How to make coils using a batt

How to Spin Crispy Coils

Part 1 - Spinning Cabled Yarn

Part 2 - Spinning Cabled Yarn

Part 3 - Spinning Cabled Yarn

Core Spinning and Adding Beads - How to Spin Fairy Wings Yarn

Part 1 - Corespinning and thread ply

Part 2 - Corespinning and thread ply. Corkscrews, coils and stacking

Part 3 - Corespinng and thread ply - setting the twist

Corespun 2-ply bulky yarn

CONGRATULATIONS! You are an art yarn spinning superstar!

How to sample dye color mixing - Get the exact colors you want! See how colors will mix/blend BEFORE you put them on your fiber.

How do indie dyers match a photo to their yarn colors? Here is one link they may use.

INTRODUCTION to dyeing yarn using low immersion technqiue

PART 1 - Dyeing yarn using the low immersion technique - Discussing the heat source, where to get it and how to use it.

PART 2 - Dyeing yarn using the low immersion technqiue. Pre-soaking, laying down dye and acid.

PART 3 - Dying yarn using the low immersion technique. Reveal, swatch and how to hand twist a hank.

DYE POT #1 - Intro to dyeing locks and how to dye using the low immersion technique

DYE POT #2 - dyeing locks low immersion - exhausing turquoise

DYE POT #3 - SUCCESS! DYING LOCKS, KEEPING COLORS SEPARATE AND EXHAUSTING TURQUOISE

Dying silk hankies with dye that does not need acid or heat to set

Half and half: low immersion dyeing and hand painting yarn

How to evenly dye a solid colored yarn and watch as I dye purple pop and turquoise with NO BLEEDING.

What to do when you get a new fleece in the mail. inspecting for moths and moth prevention.

How fiber placement in a dyeing pan can affect color placement

Rejuvinating matted combed top

How to best store raw and scoured fiber

CONGRATULATIONS!

LESSON 1 - Spin #1 - Combed top dyed with large color blocks

LESSON 2 - Spin #2 - Combed top dyed with large color blocks

LESSON 3 - Spin #3 - Combed top dyed with large color blocks

LESSON 4 - Spin #4 - Combed top dyed with large color blocks

LESSON 5 - Intro to splitting a batt to spin different yarns

LESSON 6 - Part #1 Splitting & spinning a gradient batt

LESSON 7 - Part #2 Splitting & spinning a gradient batt

LESSON 8 - Splitting a different dyed combed top

LESSON 9 - Transforming combed top into something new with drum carding

LESSON 10 - Spinning from the fold multi-colored milled combed top

LESSON 11 - Stripping and spinning multi-colored milled combed top

LESSON 12 - Carding & spinning multi-colored milled combed top

LESSON 13 - BONUS! Spin Off magazine article I wrote showing how to change up and spin uniquely different yarns

CONGRATULATIONS!

LESSON 1 - INTRO TO MARKETING

LESSON 2 -PICK A LANE

LESSON 3 - MARKETING ON SOCIAL MEDIA

LESSON 4 - INSTAGRAM

LESSON 5 - FACEBOOK

LESSON 6 - VIRTUAL BUSINESS CARD

LESSON 7 -- EMAIL LIST PHASE 1

LESSON 8 - EMAIL LIST PHASE 2

LESSON 9 - NOW THAT I HAVE AN EMAIL LIST, NOW WHAT?

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