Choose between two days, June 27th or June 28th, to learn to spin your own yarn for weaving, knitting, crocheting, or gifting!
Several different beginner spinning wheels will be available at the class so you can learn without investing in a wheel first. Students will learn about different spinning fibers and different types of commercially prepared fiber. Equipment and fiber will be provided for use in the class. Students may bring their own wheel in good working order, if they have one.
Date: Friday, June 27, 2025
Time: 11 AM – 4 PM
Cost: $90.00 (credit card) includes materials and wheel use
$85.00 (cash/check) includes materials and wheel use
Minimum 3 participants; maximum 5
Beginning Spinning on a Wheel with Penny Lacroix - Friday
Penny Lacroix is a fiber artist specializing in weaving and spinning. She is an active member of the Nashoba Valley Weavers’ Guild, the Weavers’ Guild of Boston, and the Boston Area Spinners and Dyers In all these forums, she appreciates the multitude of opportunities to interact with spinners and weavers of all levels and with other people in the arts community. She has completed the Explorations in Advanced Weaving program with Laurie Autio and the Apprentice rating through the Weavers’ Guild of Boston. Her resume includes Systems Engineer, Museum Educator at the former American Textile History Museum, Museum Director (in Westford MA), and ongoing activities as an 18th century reenactor. All her past experiences interweave in her current Fiber Arts career as she teaches weaving and spinning and presents textile programs to guilds and at historical venues. Penoix’s Weave Studio is based in her home in Westford, Massachusetts, which she shares with numerous looms and spinning wheels, her husband, and their furry companions.