Long Thread Media Workshops

Spinning Garneted Fibers: Textured Handspun from Recycled Yarns, Silk, and More

Grab your stash of scrap yarns and fibers and learn how to prepare, blend, and spin them into handspun with pops of color and incredible texture.

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Spindle Spinning Essentials

Build your spindle skills with techniques for effortless plying, fiber control, long draw, and more.

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Spinning Fractal Yarns: Create Colorful Self-Striping Effects

Spin your favorite batts and braids of dyed top into incredible colorful yarns with self-striping effects.

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About Silk: Mini-Series with Karen Selk

This 5-part mini-series taps into Karen's decades of experience to share knowledge, tips, and interesting tidbits about silk. Sponsored by Treenway Silks.

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Spinning Wheel Mechanics: 2-Part Series

Explore the science of motion and how you, your fiber, and your wheel can work together in harmony.

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How to Spin on a Charkha with Kate Larson

Develop your cotton skills, find the rhythm of charkha spinning, and get everything you need to troubleshoot along the way.

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Spinning Wild & Unusual Silk with Judith MacKenzie

Join beloved teacher Judith MacKenzie in a course to help you build confidence and uncover new skills for spinning, carding, and blending silk.

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Drumcarding Basics & Beyond

Learn to use a drumcarder for fiber preparation, color blending, texture, and more.

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Beginning Spinning on a Wheel

Get ready to start Beginning Spinning on a Wheel with Kate Larson. Basic plying techniques, how to draft your fibers, and much more!

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Card Wool for Color

Get ready to Card Wool for Color with Esther Rodgers. Learn about choosing and placing colors, using a drum carder, and much more!

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Getting Started on a Drop Spindle

In this course, discover the joy of spinning yarn with expert instructor Maggie Casey.

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The Spinning Teacher with Maggie Casey

Watch expert spinner and teacher Maggie Casey demonstrate the basics of spinning on a drop spindle. Whether you are brand new to spinning, or an experienced spinner looking to teach others, this video will instruct, entertain, and inspire.

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Three Bags Full by Judith MacKenzie

Have you longed to buy a fleece to spin yourself, but felt a bit lost? This workshop with fiber and spinning expert Judith MacKenzie is like a personal tour of the Estes Wool Market in Estes Park, Colorado.

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Color Blending for Spinners with Esther Rodgers

In this course, join Esther Rodgers and learn how to expertly blend fiber to create unique, vibrant colors.

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From Wool to Waulking: Spinning Wool and Creating Cloth with Norman Kennedy

Following his passion for weaving and spinning, Norman Kennedy has traveled around the world, watching traditional artisans create textiles as they had for generations. Norman has preserved skills that were on the verge of disappearing.

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Spinning for Lace

Tried and True Methods for Spinning Fine Yarns from Merino and More

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Popular Wheel Mechanics with Judith MacKenzie

In this far-ranging video workshop, Judith MacKenzie looks at several types of wheels available today, explaining the fundamentals of how they work and dissecting their differences.

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Finishing Up: How to Wash, Block, Dry and Finish Handspun Yarns

Get ready to start Finishing Up with Kate Larson! Techniques, measuring, and more!

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[Video Only] Know Your Wheel

In Know Your Wheel, you'll follow along with two master wheel makers, Alden Amos and Cindy Lair, as they show you how to keep your spinning wheels in good working order.

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[Video Only] Drop Spinning 102

Whether you’re a new spinner or have years of experience with spinning wheels, you’ll enjoy learning to spin on a drop spindle.

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[Video Only] Combing Fiber

Combing wool produces the most wonderfully organized, fluffy, silky fiber imaginable. In this workshop, Robin Russo covers the basics and much, much more.

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[Video Only] Drop Spinning 101

In Drop Spinning 101 spinner and teacher Anita Osterhaug will teach you how to spin using this method.

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[Video Only] Handspinning Rare Wools

In Handspinning Rare Wools, Deborah Robson will dive into the history of sheep breeds, the history of wool and how you can handspin these rare wools. She’ll explore 38 rare breeds of sheep, their breeders, fiber characteristics, and more.

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[Video Only] Make THAT Yarn

In this video, master spinner Patsy Zawistoski teaches an easy, ingenious method for analyzing commercial yarns and reproducing them with handspinning.

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[Video Only] Spin Thin: How To Spin Fine Yarns

In Spin Thin, you’ll learn how slowing down and fattening up your core will produce better results.

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[Video Only] Painting with Wool

Sharon Costello will take you through the process of creating an impressionistic garden landscape with wool using needle- and wet-felting techniques.

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[Video Only] 12 (Plus!) Ways to Spin Batts

In this video we will dig deeply into batts. Learn how to spin batts for silky smooth or wildly textured yarn. Explore the different ways to spin multicolored batts, keeping the colors distinct, creating a pattern, or mixing the colors together.

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[Video Only] Illegal Yarn: Spinning that Breaks the Rules

In this video, master Spinner Patsy Zawistoski explores the contrarian possibilities and comes up with some interesting, beautiful yarns.

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[Video Only] New Spinner's Guide to Plying

Are you ready to take your yarn to the next level? To make yarns that are more durable, more stable, less likely to pill, and more fun to work with? Learn the basics of plying with Anne Merrow in The New Spinner's Guide to Plying!

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[Video Only] Color Magic: Value and Harmony

In this video, master colorist and crafter Deb Menz explains how to compose with colors in a variety of mediums to create just the mood and impression you want.

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