If you are interested in understanding the processes that occur before your fibre gets to your wheel or loom you may be interested in these courses.

There are many ways to prepare your fibre for spinning, felting or dyeing. The choice of which preparation to use will have a distinctive outcome on the finished product. For a sleek smooth yarn, the long toothed combs and a diz may be in your future but are they Viking combs or English combs? If you’re wanting to make a soft fluffy sweater then hand carders or drum carder may be for you. As you are preparing your fibre you could be mixing colours or fibre types. But what do you get from a blending board or hackles? Do different wheels require different preparations? Lets Find out!

We have workshops about various different fibre preparation tools and also about the various fibres themselves. We don’t offer all courses in the catalogue each year but you can request them if you don’t see them listed.

Learn to use the tools of fibre prep:

• Drum and hand carders
• Blending Boards
• Combs and Hackles
• Art Batts for novelty yarns
• Fibre Preparation

How do I chose and prepare a fleece?

• What Your Hands Can Learn About Evaluating Fibre
• Skirting and Washing a Fleece