Have you ever wanted to push the limits of your favorite fiber? Learn to take handpainted tops and colorful batts beyond basic barberpole or chain-plied yarns with fractal spinning. In this video course, instructor Heavenly Bresser teaches you to plan, spin, and ply self-striping yarns that celebrate every hue in your fiber.
As you follow along, you’ll learn:
What is fractal spinning?
A term borrowed from the world of math, a fractal is a pattern that contains smaller and smaller versions of itself. A handspun fractal combines one ply of the main color pattern with one or more plies that have shorter lengths of the same color pattern.
Why would you want to spin fractal yarns?
The color pattern you love in a handpainted braid or colorful batt can get distorted, muddied, and overpowered in a basic plied yarn. Planning the color distribution with a fractal yarn lets you control how the colors emerge in the yarn and preserve the rhythm of the color progression, keeping the gorgeous original colors and creating easy-to-use self-striping plied yarn.
With this fun and creative approach, you’ll learn how to turn your favorite dyed tops and batts into amazing, color-changing yarn. Join expert handspinner, dyer, and teacher Heavenly Bresser as she shows how to turn beautiful fiber into stunning yarn.
Welcome!
FREE PREVIEWMeet Your Instructor
Getting Started and Workbook
Technical Support
Color Relationships and Choosing Dyed Top
More About Color Relationships
Preparing the Top
Spinning Technique and Plying
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