The New York State

Dutchess County Fairgrounds • Rhinebeck, NY

October 17-18, 2026

NYS Sheep & Wool Workshop

Registration Opens Sunday, July 26th, 12:00 PM EDT
Plying Beyond The Basics: Technical Skills Meet Creative Exploration
Date: Saturday (10/17)
Time: 10:00 AM-
5:00 PM
Fee: $150.00
Duration: Full Day
Skill Level: Advanced Beginner
Category: Spinning
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You know how to spin a single and make a basic two ply, but maybe your yarns are starting to feel a little predictable. If you’re craving more texture, more variety, or just more joy in the plying process, this workshop is for you. We’ll build on the skills you already have and explore new ways to bring depth, interest, and personality into your yarn.

We’ll start by isolating three core elements: twist, hand motions, and add-ins. You’ll learn how each one shapes the final yarn and how to use them with intention. Then we’ll explore how combining these techniques can lead to cables, coils, chain plies, knotted yarns, and beaded textures. Throughout the day, you’ll gain both technical knowledge and creative confidence, walking away with new ideas and yarns that reflect your personal style as a spinner.

Plying Beyond The Basics: Technical Skills Meet Creative Exploration
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Alanna
Wilcox

Alanna Wilcox is a fiber artist, educator, Master Spinner and color specialist with acid dyes. She loves empowering fellow fiber enthusiasts by helping them overcome their creative challenges, learn new skills, and achieve their fiber related goals through her expert instruction via online workshops and books. Alanna is constantly making things, especially projects that have to do with color and fiber to express her creativity.

She earned the OHS Spinning Certificate with distinction in 2015 and the Master Spinner Certificate in 2017. She wrote and self-published the spinning book "A New Spin on Color" and her book on color matching with acid dyes "Color Alchemy: from digital to dye" that is the textbook for her online course Color Alchemy Masterclass. Working with fiber is something that she lives and breathes, sometimes literally.

All Workshops By This Instructor

Workshop TitleCategoryDateStart TimeFeeDetails
Beginning Spinning (2 Day)SpinningThu (10/15)9:00 AM$300.00
Plying Beyond The Basics: Technical Skills Meet Creative ExplorationSpinningSat (10/17)10:00 AM$150.00
Material fee
$18
fee includes
Beads, beading thread fiber for spinning (2oz dyed top) handouts
Payment instructions
Venmo @spinnybuns due one month prior to workshop (or email to make other arrangements
prerequisites
Beginner with some experience, Intermediate, Advanced - ability to spin a continuous yarn and ply
Homework
None
Items to bring
Working wheel with an orifice large enough for a seed bead to pass through (electric spinners welcome) Spinning wheel oil Lazy kate (tensioned is preferred) 4-5 empty bobbins with leader (If you do not have that many, no worries. Modifications can be made during class for demonstration purposes, so there is no need to purchase extra bobbins just for this workshop.)

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