2012 FLEECE STUDY WITH KIM MCKENNA

Please contact Harum Brown at harbrown@shaw.ca if they want additional information.
 Kim is a very good instructor .  You will not be disappointed.
2012 FLEECE STUDY WITH KIM MCKENNA
 
MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS – 12
COST:  APPROXIMATELY $75
 
3 SESSIONS WORKSHOP (JAN.–APR.) IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS
 
THURSDAY, JANUARY 19TH – SESSION 1
FLEECE
 
SURREY MUSEUM  10-4
 
Participants will learn terminology, how to choose and skirt a fleece, how to wash Romney lamb’s fleece, Romney hogget fleece, Polworth, Bluefaced Leicester, alpaca and a little bit of llama fibre.
 
THURSDAY, MARCH 29TH  – SESSION 2
 FIBRE CHARACTERISTICS, PREP AND SPINNING
 
FARM  9:30-12
KIM’S HOME – 1-4
 
In the morning the class will meet at a local farm where they will have an opportunity to choose and buy a fleece to share. Cost about $10 per pound.  In the afternoon, we will analyze the characteristics of the different fleece we will be working with and discuss how that translates to deciding how to prepare and to spin a fibre.
 
THURSDAY, APRIL 26TH – SESSION 3
HANDS ON FIBRE PREP AND SPINNING
 
SURREY MUSEUM  10-4
 
     By this class, everyone should have all their fleece washed and dried.  We will spend the day learning how to spin and prepare fibre according to fleece type.