I went to school yesterday. I know that sounds a bit silly. I went to school to teach 7th-8th grade kids about, making yarn, where fiber comes from, how i do fiber prep, and I even taught them how to spin on a drop spindle. Many people thought the kids would not interested or they would just horse around. Actually the kids and I had  a blast and many were interested in picking up that drop spindle and making their first yarn. I found that the boys were actually more “gung ho” about it than the girls.

Each class made their own colorway of spinnable fiber as well. I had taken in a box of colored coopworth locks and let the kids pick their color and made top and then mixed a them again to create batts from them. It was interesting to see the colors they wanted and how they blended together. I really wish I had thought to take my camera in to get some pictures of this experience. Many people think fiber arts are outdated or a dying art. What I saw at that school that kids could be interested in something as simple as twisting fiber showed me different. They are just not exposed to it. I think this needs to be rectified.

Here are a few pictures about what the kids came up with:

 

The last picture had no photoshop adjustments.

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