Camaj Fiber Arts Spinning and Fiber Extravaganza Workshop with instructor Mary Egbert & guest instructors
.Only $27 a module!
12 BIG modules and 220 lessons
.JOIN TODAY AND TAKE YOUR SPINNING AND FIBER PREP TO NEW HEIGHTS.What is this workshop all about?
Who is Mary Egbert, your instructor
Some books I used during my spinning journey
THE LEGAL STUFF - PLEASE READ
PRE-CHAPTER QUIZ - TEST YOUR BEGINNER SKILLS
FREE PREVIEWLESSON 1 - Spinning should not hurt. See how to sit properly at your wheel
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
Module 2 intro
FREE PREVIEWLESSON 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!
Module 3 is here!
FREE PREVIEWTry 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
WELCOME TO MODULE 4 - SCOURING
FREE PREVIEWFREE 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!
FREE PREVIEWLESSON 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!
IT'S HERE!!
FREE PREVIEWWelcome to the worsted module
FREE PREVIEWLESSON 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
IT'S HERE!
FREE PREVIEWReferences
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
FREE PREVIEWIntro 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
MODULE 9 - ART YARNS
FREE PREVIEWHow 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!
IT'S HERE!!
FREE PREVIEWHow 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!
IT IS HERE!!
FREE PREVIEWWELCOME
FREE PREVIEWLESSON 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!
IT'S HERE!
FREE PREVIEWWELCOME!
FREE PREVIEWLESSON 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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