Long Thread Media Workshops

[Video Only] Color Works for Spinners

In Color Works For Spinners, Deb Menz will introduce color into your fiber world unlike anything else you've seen before. With a solid base of color theory that includes hue, value, and saturation, you'll be blending color combinations in no time.

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[Video Only] Color Magic: Color Families

In this video, master colorist and crafter Deb Menz introduces you to the family traits of colors. What is a “warm" blue? How does yellow affect everything around it, and how can you use that to your advantage?

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[Video Only] Spinner's Color Toolbox: How to Spin Colorful Textured Yarns

Master spinner Judith MacKenzie will show you how to use several different methods for creating beautiful color palettes using yarn and other commercially dyed fiber.

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[Video Only] Spinning Primitive Breeds: How to Spin Icelandic, Jacob, Shetland, and Other Ancient Wools

In Spinning Primitive Breeds: How to Spin Icelandic, Jacob, Shetland, and Other Ancient Wools Part 1, Judith MacKenzie delves into the rich and rewarding world of ancient sheep.

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[Video Only] A Spinner's Toolbox

As a spinner, your most important, versatile tools are your own skilled hands. With those eight fingers and two opposable thumbs, plus a half-dozen simple techniques for manipulating the fiber supply, you can spin a full suite of yarn styles.

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[Video Only] Spinning Luxury Fibers

In Spinning Luxury Fibers, your spinning world will rapidly expand as you learn how to handle luxury fibers from master spinner, Judith MacKenzie.

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[Video Only] Gentle Art of Plying

In Gentle Art of Plying, you’ll go beyond the basics of plying with Judith MacKenzie as she illustrates how to unlock the extensive world of yarn design and fabric construction.

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[Video Only] Popular Wheel Mechanics

In Popular Wheel Mechanics, you’ll learn the nuts and bolts of a wide range of popular spinning wheels and how to get the most out of each of them.

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[Video Only] Spinning the New Fibers

This course will teach you tips on how you can identify, blend, dye, spin, and use synthetic fibers.

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[Video Only] Spinner's Guide to Color Theory: Mastering Color Without Dyeing

In Spinner’s Guide to Color Theory: Mastering Color Without Dyeing, Judith MacKenzie shows you that there’s no need to set up a large dyeing studio in your home to get brilliant colors for your fleece.

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[Video Only] The Evolution of Wool

In The Evolution of Wool, Judith MacKenzie unlocks the secrets to understanding wool. You’ll learn how wool grows, how the thousands of sheep breeds we have today came from the very first sheep, and why this should matter to the contemporary spinner.

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[Video Only] Beginning Spinning on a Wheel

If handspun yarn has always intrigued you and you’re wondering how to use a spinning wheel, spinning expert Kate Larson is the perfect teacher to get you started.

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[Video Only] Spinning Silk: Sensuous, Successful Yarns from Luxurious Silk

In Spinning Silk with Sara Lamb, you'll see how easy it is to spin gorgeous, lush silk. Sara will show you how to spin a variety of silks using a drop spindle and spinning wheel. As a bonus, you'll also learn how to dye silk.

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[Video Only] How to Spin Yarn to Knit with Kate Larson

Create exactly the yarn that you want with handspinning expert Kate Larson as your guide. Creating yarn for knitting is different than creating for other textiles such as weaving or embroidery.

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[Video Only] Spin to Weave: Making Unique Cloth From Your Handspun Yarn

Do you want the rewarding feeling of knowing that you created your fabric from scratch? In Spin to Weave with Sara Lamb, you will learn how you can create your own handspun yarns to use in your weaving designs.

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[Video Only] Spinning Cotton

In Spinning Cotton, Stephenie Gaustad is out to revive an art that is often overlooked by today’s contemporary spinners; spinning cotton.

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[Video Only] The New Spinner’s Guide to Troubleshooting

Love spinning, but have persistent problems you can't seem to solve? Abby Franquemont answers your questions, shows examples, and demonstrates why these things happen and how to address them.

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[Video Only] Spinning Gossamer Threads: The Yarns of Orenburg

In Spinning Gossamer Threads, Galina Khmeleva takes you on a journey back in time to the place where the iconic Orenburg shawls were first created.

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[Video Only] Spin Flax and Cotton: Traditional Techniques

In Spinning Flax and Cotton, Norman Kennedy will teach you the time-honored techniques of spinning these two types of fibers. His master techniques will take you through the steps of processing and spinning flax and cotton.

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[Video Only] Get More Spun: Spinning For Sale

Join handspinning expert Abby Franquemont and delve into the pros and cons of turning your hobby into a small business.

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[Video Only] Get More Spun: Spinning to Knit Large Projects

Join internationally-acclaimed handspinning teacher Abby Franquemont as she shares tips and techniques for staying on track, and gives you the confidence you need to tackle spinning for big projects.

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[Video Only] Andean Spinning with Nilda Callanaupa Alvarez

In Andean Spinning expert spinner and native Peruvian, Nilda Callañaupa Alveraz will take you through the Andean spinning techniques that she is known for preserving in her country.

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[Video Only] Spinning Energized Yarns

In Spinning Energized Yarns, Kathryn Alexander will show you how to really liven up your yarns with brilliant handspun knits.

[Video Only] Big and Lofty Yarns

In Big and Lofty Yarns, you'll learn how to get back to the basics of spinning to create big, full, and beautiful yarns with Maggie Casey.

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[Video Only] Learn from My Spinning Mistakes

Much as we hate to think about it, every spinner makes mistakes . . . In her new video workshop, Maggie Casey opens her trove of finished projects (and unfinished ones!) that didn't come out as planned and discusses where she went astray.

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[Video Only] Start Spinning

In Start Spinning the talented Maggie Casey guides Eunny Jang through the basic techniques and common problems of spinning yarn. Maggie will show you how to pre-draft your fiber, adjust your spinning wheel, ply and finish a good skein and much more.

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[Video Only] Building Blocks of Spinning with Sarah Anderson

In Building Blocks of Spinning with Sarah Anderson, Sarah teaches the building blocks you need for a lifetime of successful spinning—twist, draft, and control—and takes us on a tour of the yarn universe to see what you can create.

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[Video Only] Spinning Exotic Fiber Blends

Do you have a small collection of precious or exotic fibers you’ve been waiting to spin? Join handspinning and fiber blending expert Sarah Anderson and learn to prepare, blend, and spin silk, cashmere, cotton, sari silk, and more.

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[Video only] Spinning Woolen Yarn

Explore long draw spinning techniques with expert instructor Amy Tyler! With this video workshop, create soft woolen yarns that are a delight to knit and warm to wear.

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[Video only] Spinning Worsted Yarn

In this video workshop, you’ll learn how to spin beautiful worsted yarns using short draw techniques. You’ll love exploring worsted spinning and the endless possibilities you’ll have to create the perfect yarn for your projects.

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