This workshop will cover all range of fiber prep from how to scour and dye (theory) to the physical combing, carding and blending of the clean fiber, and preparing it for spinning. We will cover the difference between woolen and worsted prep, combing, carding, fiber types, the best prep for fibers and for the projects as well as optical blending. Students will get hands on time combing, carding and blending and will get to take home fiber samples they created at the end. *Class price includes materials fee. Ash has been a fiber and textile artist the majority of their life. They like to joke that they had the most wonderful set of grandmothers who identified their AuDHD early and found a productive stim that kept them busy, engaged and set on a lifelong quest culminating in sheep. They learned to sew, knit and crochet at the age of 6, and eventually joined the living history community which led to a love of spinning, weaving, dying and historic textiles. They now live on a homestead in southern Maryland with their spouse, twin teenagers, a clouder of cats, too many sheep, flocks of poultry and two overworked live stock guardian dogs farming and creating full time. They have taught previously at the Waterford school, at Vikingscon, and hold workshops on the farm.