Coopworth, Corriedale, and Cormo

TAUGHT BY Deb Robson

Coopworth, Corriedale, and Cormo

Full Day Class
Saturday, April 22nd
9am-5pm with 12pm-2pm break

Until you’ve had them all in your hands, the “C breeds” can be Confusing. Once you’ve experienced them side-by-side, you’ll never be Confounded by them again. What’s fun about pulling these three breeds into the same environment is that—in addition to allaying all that bafflement—they tell the story of how modern sheep breeds have been developed. As a bonus, among them there are a longwool, a medium wool, and a pretty-fine wool.

Material Fee: $35

Level: can spin a single and ply

STUDENTS SHOULD BRING

Tools to bring—essentials:

The essentials are something to spin with (wheel or spindle: a very few techniques work better on a wheel, but everything important can be experienced with a spindle) and a writing utensil (pen or pencil). You may want a notebook.

Things to bring—nice but not essential:

If you have room in your luggage or car, you may also want fiber-prep tools of choice (most likely to use mini-combs or peasant combs, hand carders, flicker, or any other OR dog-grooming combs or slickers).
You may want a means of winding a center-pull ball for plying (nostepinne or the thumb technique), or you can use (and I can teach) the Andean plying technique that uses yarn looped around your fingers.
I always like to make samples with my breed-specific yarns, although only the rare speed-demon has time to do this within the workshop itself. Sampling options for scraps of yarn as well as time include knitting needles, crochet hooks, or Weave-It or similar extra-simple loom.

TAUGHT BY Deb Robson