SATURDAY 9 AM - 3 PM, SUNDAY 9 AM - 5 PM Follow wool from fiber to handspun yarn in this two-day workshop. On day one, prepare fiber for spinning through hands-on combing, carding, and blending. On day two, use your prepared fiber to learn the basics of spinning on a wheel, try different wheels, and practice troubleshooting. You’ll take home fiber samples and the skills to keep spinning on your own. *This class involves repetitive hand and arm motions while combing, carding, and spinning. Some fiber preparation tools may require hand strength and coordination. *If students have their own wheel, they may bring it for instruction, but it is not required. *Class price includes materials fee Ash Brower 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.