If you love the feel of fiber between your fingers and the lure of transforming it into yarn, Drop Spindle Spinning is something to try! Learn to make your own yarn from commercially prepared wool fibers using a drop spindle. Spinning with a drop spindle is relaxing and portable. Students may bring their own drop spindle, or use one of the studio drop spindles. Drop Spindles will be available for purchase. Each student in this half-day class will go home with a small skein of handspun yarn. No previous spinning experience is required.
Date: Friday, September 12, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Cost: $60.00 (credit card) includes fibers
$55.00 (cash/check) includes fibers
To pay by cash/check, please email the studio.
Minimum 3 students; maximum 10 students
Intro to Spinning on a Drop Spindle with Penny Lacroix - Saturday
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.
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