What’s the difference between English long draw (double drafting) and American long draw?  It depends.  We’ll spin wool and cotton both ways and you can see the difference yourself and add another drafting method to your spinning repertoire.

Skill Requirements:  Beginning spinning skills required. Students should be able to spin a continuous yarn and be comfortable with their wheel.

Course Fee:  $30 (you must be an NCWG member in good standing)

Materials Fee to be paid to instructor:   $15

Instructor Bio: 

Maggie Casey is an icon in the spinning community, especially in Colorado.  Although many spinners know her as the co-owner of Shuttles Spindles & Skeins, she's more widely known as a premier spinning instructor.  Although her brick-and-mortar shop closed in 2020, Maggie has remained quite busy by writing for SpinOff magazine, teaching at the Estes Park Wool Market, Harrisville Designs, John C Campbell Folk School, Maryland Sheep & Wool, PlyAway and SOAR, offering several online classes through Long Thread Media, and continuing to operate the online presence of Shuttles Spindles & Skeins.  Maggie's book,  Start Spinning:  Everything You Need to Know to Make Great Yarn, was published in 2008.