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Art Yarn Tells the Tale
Art Yarn Tells the Tale
Art Yarn Tells the Tale
Art Yarn Tells the Tale
Art Yarn Tells the Tale
Art Yarn Tells the Tale
Art Yarn Tells the Tale
Art Yarn Tells the Tale

Art Yarn Tells the Tale

$870.00

Available

Spinning
Brasstown
Week (Sunday-Saturday)
Ages
18yr+
Oct
25
Sun
-
Oct
31
Sat
PM
04:00
-
AM
09:00
Schedule Type Title: Every Day of the Week
Schedule Description: Daily
Program Area: Spinning
Instructor: Riley Kleve
Studio/Location: Wet Room
Student Materials: Please bring the following: -Any spinning wheel, spindle, or e-spinner you use at home. -Jumbo flyer for your wheel ( If you have one.) -Scrap yarns, fibers, fabrics, or other fiber materials and notions to incorporate into your yarn. If you’ve got something you’ve been holding on to and waiting to find it a good use, this is your sign to bring it and see if we can work it into yarn. -Beads, buttons, threads, needles -Other clean fiber in your stash that you’d like to explore using in class. -(Optional) Footwear for spinning. I prefer slippers, others like socks or soft sandals. -(Optional) Preferred stool for spinning. We’ll have folding chairs in class, too. -Notebook and pen or pencil to take notes in class -The studio is well equipped with wheels, hand cards, and other tools needed. Feel free to call Creative Programming Assistant, Martha Owen, at 828-361-7535 or email at [email protected] to find out about specific kinds of wheels/tools available.
School Fee & Materials: Wet Room set up including wheels, carders and tools
Instructor Materials: Wool top -Wool roving -Scoured Fleece -Dyed and un-dyed add-ins (noil, tussah silk, locks, nepps and slubs, silk hankies, sari silk, firestar etc.) -Scrap yarn -Reclaimed fiber and fabrics -Core yarn -Wrapping yarn -Handouts
Equipment Needs: Spinning Wheels -Drum Carders -Hand Carders -Flick Carders -Niddy Noddies -Lazy Kates -Ball Winders -Swift -Basin for wet finishing -Clothesline or drying rack -Towels -Tea kettle -Scissors -Pens or pencils -Needle felting supplies -Paper rolls.
Skill Level: Advanced Beginner, Intermediate
Total Materials Fees: $75
1 Folk School Rd
1 Folk School Rd
Brasstown, NC 28902

Description

Yarn speaks for itself. Listen to its story being told through your eyes and hands while spinning yarn that illustrates that story from start to end, or acts as a journal of your daily practice. Blend scraps, fibers, and doodads as you create art yarns that reflect a narrative, or a snapshot in time, while reviewing handspinning basics and beyond. Advanced beginner to intermediate levels welcome; some spinning experience helpful.

Yarn speaks for itself. Listen to its story being told through your eyes and hands while spinning yarn that illustrates that story from start to end, or acts as a journal of your daily practice. Blend scraps, fibers, and doodads as you create art yarns that reflect a narrative, or a snapshot in time, while reviewing handspinning basics and beyond. Advanced beginner to intermediate levels welcome; some spinning experience helpful.

$75

Riley Kleve is a textile artist and educator creating interactive and collaborative work in community settings. Their work in weaving, hand spinning, and knitting draws from history to create a queerer vision for the future of textiles. Riley is a contributor to Spin Off Magazine, most recently publishing an article about gathering community through willowing, an antiquated style of processing wool. They are a resident artisan at North House Folk School in Minnesota, and also teach hand spinning at the Weavers Guild of Minnesota, Textile Center (Minneapolis), and at the American Swedish Institute. Riley is a 2025 recipient of a Creative Individuals project grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board.

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