Tutor: Lynda Fiendly
Craft: General
Experience: Beginner
Summary: An introduction to using a top whorl drip spindle.
Description
![Drop spindle](https://kcguild.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Lynda-Fieldley-drop-spindle-1024x1024.png)
In this workshop, Lynda will introduce the top whorl drop spindle, and show how you can start spinning easily. In the time available, the aim will be to learn how to:
- Spin a ‘single’ yarn.
- Wind the spun single into a centre pull ball using a nostepinne.
Ply the single yarn into a balanced plied yarn.
About the tutor
![Photo of Lynda Fiendley](https://kcguild.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Lynda-Fiendley-cropped-1024x1024.png)
Lynda is a retired teacher, with a lifelong passion for fibre crafts, including spinning, weaving, crochet and hand and machine knitting. She has been spinning for over 10 years, having learned on a wheel, but later transferring her skills to the drop spindle [oddly the reverse of most people’s experience]. She uses a spindle to spin yarn for knitting and weaving and loves its simplicity.