Align for strength and shine

Welcome to the Be kind five-day challenge! In this practical challenge you will get five text lessons over five days where I encourage you to be kind to yourself while you explore your spinning process. In each lesson I give you a background, an example and a task to work with. The purpose of the challenge is for you to find ways that work for you, in your context, your skill level and with the tools you have. The goal is to explore your spinning process with an open mind. You can take this challenge at any spinning level. The challenge is just about you and your process. To take part you need a spinning project in any stage from raw fleece to yarn. 15–30 minutes a day to work with the challenge A clean and dry jam jar pen and paper. You invest in this course as much or as little as you want to. Through my introduction and examples I encourage you to make your own challenge from the context you are in right now.

Structure and shape for smooth flow and airy yarns

Invite air before carding

Prepare your wool and spin on a suspended spindle

Bring air into your fleece and knowledge into your hands

Moving between spun and unspun with ease and quality

Make your own toolbox for preparing and spinning fleece in five steps based on your skill level