Spin fiber into functional art that sets projects apart! Join popular spinner and PLY Magazine founder Jacey Boggs Faulkner, and experience the incredible feeling of spinning art yarn on your own wheel. During class, Jacey will guide you through all the timeless spinning techniques you need to create incredible new looks and textures. Along the way, you’ll learn how to create three must-have single-ply textures. As you move on, you’ll conquer a variety of methods for combining plies to create spirals, coils and supercoils. Want to work on your ply control skills? Jacey will show you the steps to haloes, stacks and loops, before moving on to core spinning and tail spinning. Plus, you’ll learn how to add embellishments to your yarns and finish them so they’re ready for knitting or crocheting!
Class Sessions
Textured Spinning
11:48
Meet your instructor, Jacey Boggs Faulkner, and set up your spinning wheel. Learn the history behind art yarns (no, this isn't a new craft!) and review different materials like batts, silk hankies, combed mohair and other types of fiber. Jacey will teach you to spin a gorgeous yarn!
Textured Singles
24:50
Review textured single-ply materials as Jacey demonstrates how to spin extreme fiber made from various kinds of material. Then learn the trick to spinning thick and thin yarn for the most balanced feel. Finally, learn a more advanced yarn technique: beautiful single-ply beehives and cocoons!
Textured Plied Yarns
25:17
Spin two-ply yarns for a rich feel to your fabrics! After spinning thick and thin yarn, use it to make a gorgeous spiral ply, and spin super coils with differential tension. Next, learn the advanced coil as you move to switch tensions. Finally, make stacks, haloes and loops to add variety.
Core Spinning
26:19
Learn how to core spin using batts for added texture and fullness to your yarns! Then, learn how to tail spin with short-tailed locks and try the two-core method to spin long-tail locks. Finally, you don't need to use a core at all with Jacey's "through the hole" method of spinning locks.
Combining Textures
24:10
Combine textures using extreme chain-plying with thick and thin yarn for a vibrant new look. Then, learn how to experiment with yarns using supercoiling squared and spiraling supercoiled yarn; it's gorgeous! Finally, learn about extreme wrapping and testing different fibers.
Adding Objects for Texture
15:21
Add objects to your yarn for extra dimension and texture. Jacey demonstrates how to seamlessly add beads and sequins to a plied yarn. She'll also show you what beads not to spin, saving you time and money. Finally, learn how to fully integrate soft fabric objects into your fiber before spinning!
Finishing & Using Art Yarns
14:12
Jacey teaches you how to finish off your art yarns using different methods: the hot soak and hang; the hot, cold and rough; and steaming. She'll help you decide which method of finishing is best for each pairing of fiber and spinning technique. Then, learn some creative ways to use your art yarns!
Your Instructor
Jacey Boggs Faulkner
Jacey Boggs Faulkner is a professional spinner who has taught more than 200 classes. She's written for multiple publications, including Spin-Off and Entangled, and in 2010 published her first book, Spin Art. She is the director and editor-in-chief of PLY Magazine, which she founded in 2013.
Bonus Material
Spinning Art Yarns - Resources and References
Bonus Materials available for download after purchase.
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