In February 2025, soon after the schedule came out, I signed up for two classes for this year's Estes Park Wool Market.
Thursday was Blending Board Primer - this is my fourth class with Clemes and Clemes and was focused on making rolags.
Friday was Spin Goldilocks with Maggie Casey. This class was focused on medium wools, which are some of my favorite. I also want to soak up as much of Maggie Casey's knowledge as I can while she's still teaching. :-)
So ultimately the weekend was focused on Woolen style prep and spinning techniques.
I got the long-draw working a little bit. Spinning from the rolag felt weird at first, but I think I have a much better understanding between the Worsted and Woolen techniques now.
I also found it nice that we were in the Government and Spanish Language Classrooms of the High School.
I had a schedule conflict for the remainder of the weekend, so I spent some time at the Friday open market for students... I was kind of looking for a yarn suitable for a project I am pondering. I didn't find anything that grabbed me. Which is unusual.
I guess, the more I have the skills to make what I want, the less I'm interested in purchasing it. But in this case, I'm not quite sure what I want yet, other than fine gauge and a moody color.
Happy Fiber Arts Friday!
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