Name: Spinning Wheel Workshop
Start: 2025-11-08T10:00:00-05:00
Location: Creative Arts Guild

The Bandy Heritage Center, Creative Arts Guild, Prater’s Mill Foundation, DSC Derrell Roberts Library, DSC Appalachian Studies minor program, and Chattanooga Fiber Arts Guild are proud to partner with Claire Davis to present a Spinning Wheel Workshop! Before cotton mills became widespread throughout Northwest Georgia, families from across the region had to use spinning wheels to turn cotton into thread and yarn for the clothing and other textiles they used in their daily lives. Spinning was such an essential part of daily life in Northwest Georgia that it became a vibrant and nostalgic symbol of hearth and home. The spinning wheel workshop will provide students with the opportunity to participate in a literally homespun Northwest Georgia fiber arts tradition by gaining hands-on experience learning to spin cotton yarn on a traditional spinning wheel.
This class is a morning session which will last two and a half hours total. Each student will be loaned a Kromski Prelude spinning wheel and shown how to spin cotton into yarn and thread. All necessary equipment and supplies will be provided by the instructor. This class is suitable for adults sixteen and up; students under eighteen must have an accompanying adult present at all times. No prior fiber arts knowledge or experience is necessary.