A part of this arts award requires me to undertake an arts project. This could take the form of an exhibition or teaching day. I have chosen the teaching day. As you all know I am doing my silver arts award through Kings Lynn Arts Centre, this is where I shall be teaching. I have been talking with Nick Neal from KLAC and we have arranged a date for me to teach a member of staff from the arts centre. In this post I intend to plan the teaching session and address and issues that may arise. The purpose of this project is for me to pass on these skills to others.
As I have been doing my silver arts award in textiles, I found it appropiate to make my teaching session about something relating to textiles. I have chosen to teach spindle spinnning. I intend to start the morning with a demonstration on how to draft the fleece in preparation for spinning it. Drafting the fleece means to very gently pull apart the fibres in order for spinning it to be a lot easier.
When this stage is complete I shall move onto spinning. I shall explain that to start spindle spinning off you must attach a piece of yarn to the spindle to act as your "leader". The leader is simply a small loop of yarn attached to the end of the spindle, in which you can start spinning your fleece.
After demonstrating how to attach your fleece I shall move onto how too spin the fleece. Start by very gently pulling the fleece out to create a thin length of fleece and then start spinning your spindle in a clockwise direction. This enables the spin created to come into the fleece making it into yarn.
Thats all for now, I'll let you know how the teaching goes.
Meghan
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