Yarnitecture: Spinning Exactly the Yarn You Want with Jillian Moreno (JUNE 24-28)
*OPTIONAL BOARDING HOUSE ROOM RESERVATION (THIS HOLDS YOUR SPOT, ROOM FEES + TAX DUE AT THE END OF YOUR STAY)
June 24-28 (TUE-SAT, 9 AM–4 PM)
Learn how to spin an intentional yarn - and find the answers to the whys and hows of yarn construction. Combining technical and intuitive approaches to spinning, Yarnitecture author Jillian Moreno provides a fluid knowledge of foundational spinning skills - and shares why there is never only one way to make a yarn. You’ll explore techniques for spinning color without dyeing. Working with solid colors and hand painted braids, you’ll also mix, blend, and manipulate color and color flow to create yarns both unique and beautiful. You’ll play and experiment with fibers, gain an enthusiasm for sampling, and come to see that your own definition of beautiful, consistent or perfect yarn is the only one that matters. By the end of this 5-day workshop, you’ll spin an intentional yarn for a specific project of your choosing and leave with the tools to create the yarns you envision!
Skill Level: Advanced beginner to intermediate. Students must be able to spin a continuous yarn and bring their own spinning wheel. Adventurous beginners who can make a continuous yarn will dive deeper into spinning basics; more experienced spinners will experiment beyond the yarns they have been making.
Materials Needed:
Spinning wheel in good working order (there will not be time to fix wheels during class)
3 extra bobbins
Lazy Kate
Tags to mark yarn, notebook to keep track of progress and take notes
Any other spinning tools you use regularly, including measuring tools
Hand cards, if you have them
Hand combs, if you have them
Any of your handspun yarn, fiber, or braids you’d like to talk about in class
A pattern or patterns that you would like to spin yarn for
Cancellation Deadline: 4/29/2025
MEET YOUR TEACHER
Jillian Moreno is the author of the best-selling book Yarnitecture: A Knitter’s Guide to Spinning: Building Exactly the Yarn You Want. Combining technical and intuitive approaches to spinning, Jillian’s students gain confidence as well as solid skills to build any yarn they can dream of. In her classes, Jillian shows there is never only one way to make a yarn. Knowing and seeing the outcomes of a variety of spinning skills frees students to build unique and useful yarns to use with any project they have in mind. In her classes Jillian’s students play and experiment with fibers and color, gain an enthusiasm for sampling, and come to see that their own definition of beautiful, consistent or perfect yarn is the only one that matters.
Cancellation and Refund Policy
Please note our 2025 cancellation and refund policy includes a non-refundable $100.00 registration fee per workshop. In the case must withdraw, you have 8 weeks prior to class for a full tuition refund, less the registration fee. After this date all payments are non-refundable, no exceptions. Thank you for your understanding!
Have a question about a HD workshop or class order? Email hdretail@harrisville.com.
Single Rooms, $70 Per Night
Please note, the boarding house is for class participants only.
With spectacular views of town from its third-story perch, our boarding house offers bright, airy accommodations just a few minutes’ walk from the studio, shop, and general store with cafe. Year after year, returning students remark upon the peaceful camaraderie they enjoy winding down after class in the spacious common areas, and the fun conviviality of cooking family-style dinners in the kitchen. In addition to a living room, dining area, and full kitchen, the boarding house has six bedrooms and two full bathrooms.
Built in 1853, Cheshire Mills Boarding House provided lodging for workers at the mill for over 100 years. Today, Harrisville Designs is dedicated to maintaining an economical nightly rate to help ensure the cost of lodging is affordable during workshops and classes throughout the season.
Harrisville Designs is happy to provide towels, sheets, and pillowcases for an extra $20 per stay (please order ahead). However, students are more than welcome to bring their own linens. Pillows and blankets are provided. Reservations can be made while signing up for class. We do apologize, it’s an old building. There is no elevator and two flights of stairs. Please pack accordingly.
Alternative Housing & Dining
Harrisville is a small village (pop. 1200) with a post office and general store/cafe across the street from the studio and Boarding House. Harrisville is a short drive from Peterborough (15 minutes away) and Keene (20-25 minutes away); both offer a nice variety of hotels, shops, and restaurants.
Additional accommodations in Harrisville are available at Aldworth Manor and the Harrisville Inn and at local Airbnb’s including the Harrisville Guest Suite. Peterborough accommodations are available at Cranberry Meadow Farm, the Jack Daniels Motor Inn, and the Little River Bed and Breakfast. Options in Keene include the Carriage Barn Inn, the Best Western Plus, the Fairfield Inn & Suites, the Holiday Inn Express, the Courtyard by Marriott, and Days Inn. We also suggest searching Airbnb and Vrbo.
Location
About Our Workshops
Nestled in the heart of a historic textile village, workshops at Harrisville Designs take place in the Bethuel Harris Mill. Built in the 1830s as a spinning mill for locally raised wool and located at the end of the canal, it originally operated on water power. Today, it’s home to our first-floor retail store and spacious second-floor workshop studio. Year after year students are greeted by sunlit windows, fresh air, and tranquil views of the mill pond and preserved industrial brick buildings.
Workshops vary in skill levels and lengths. Enrollment is limited to ensure each student is immersed in the atmosphere of a working studio rather than a classroom. Most scheduled classes meet from 9 am to 4 pm; however, the studio is open to students 24 hours a day while their class is in session. Looms are provided in the weaving classes, and woolen yarn and other materials are included unless otherwise noted in the materials lists online. While taking a class, students receive a 10% discount on HD items in our store, including looms! (Excludes sale and consignment items)
Have a question about a HD workshop or class order? Email hdretail@harrisville.com.