SPIN Camp Single Day with Jill Duarte
Registration begins at 10am central time on Saturday, November 16th.
An add-to-cart button will be live at 10am central time.
The total cost of this Single Day event is $350.
This is a down payment for Friday of SPIN Camp with Jill Duarte.
This listing is the down payment of $150. It is required to hold your spot and is non-refundable (unless your bestie doesn't get a spot, then we'll credit you back:)
The remainder of your payment must be completed by April 1st. We will invoice you for the remaining balance of $200 and you can pay at your leisure. You will get an email confirmation in the days following your registration with payment invoice.
What is SPIN Camp?
It's 3 full days of fiber fun with friends. (This listing is for Friday of Camp with Jill Duarte if you want to come all 3 days, click here)
We'll be talking about all things wool, wheels, and yes, spinning.
Bring your traditional wheel, spindle, or e-spinner.
This is an opportunity to bring your spinning to the next level! This is not a learn to spin event. Most instruction will be directed to wheel spinning, so to get the most out of this retreat, it is best to be comfortable making yarn and plying on a wheel. If you are a spindle spinner, you should be confident adapting wheel techniques to your spindle spinning.
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Jill Duarte
Friday
Daily Focus - Technique
Jill will spend Friday with campers. Her focus will be about fiber blends, the how, what and why of them and how to develop consistency in your handspinning! She'll go over fiber prep, drafting methods, using tools to measure WPI and angle of twist and grist, project planning. She'll be focused on all the little details that make spinners more confident in producing yarn you'll actually use!
Jill Duarte is a dyer, a spinner, an equipment aficionado, a fleece sniffer, a former academic and an unabashed fiber nerd. Jill is one half of the duo behind HipStrings and spends their days geeking out about all things fiber, diving into the nuances of fiber preparation, color, and the act of spinning.
Since picking up spinning over a decade ago, and then starting HipStrings a decade ago, Jill has taken an approach to spinning that is grounded in a technical approach married to historical context and a lot of curiosity as to how things work. In other words, they read all the books and tried all the things and made lots of mistakes so that you don’t necessarily have to.
As an instructor, Jill excels in explaining the “Why?” of spinning, whether it’s exploring the relationship between fibers and spinning techniques, the physics of handspinning and the tools we use for spinning, or providing insight in how to make something work for you. Jill challenges students to try fibers new to them, explore novel fiber blends and techniques, revisit things they’ve tried before and to step out of their comfort zones in order to expand their horizons as spinners.
Jill’s workshops are focused on encouraging spinners to try new fibers and learn more about the wide, wild, and wonderful world of fiber through a framework of fiber structure and characteristics. With the information presented, students should leave with the confidence to explore new fibers, to seek out new challenges and fiber blends, to boldly go where no spinner has gone before.
We can't wait to host her!What else is included:
Camp store with beautiful wool, bags, and notions from some of our favorite companies.
A fiber pack for that day's activities.
Continental breakfast, lunch, and snacks.
Cocktail hour Friday with one cocktail of your choice included.
Door prizes
Unlimited help from your awesome DKA Team
Where:
Lora Event Center
3 minute walk from the shop.
A note about the venue: This is a large space so there is plenty of room for our campers and your wheels.
When:
Friday, May 16th
Camp hours are 9am - 5pm
The Crosby Hotel has a courtesy block of rooms call them directly and let them know you are joining us for SPIN Camp 2025 to get the special rate.
The Lora Hotel has a courtesy block of rooms. Click here https://be.synxis.com/?Hotel=2030&Chain=27262&group=5610544 or call and mention Darn Knit Spinning Camp for the special rates.
No discounts or rewards apply towards SPIN Camp Retreat registration.
No refunds after April 1st. Your $150 down payment is non-refundable.
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