Drop Spindle Spinning

Come to the Patterson School Foundation on March 9th to learn the ancient art of Drop Spindle Spinning from homesteading expert Dawn Mathews.  Some 12,000 years ago, Neolithic farmers began using Drop Spindle technology..  This method of yarn making continues to be practiced, and is experiencing a big resurgence in interest! Dawn is booked up for workshops like this all over the Southeast this year, so we are very excited to offer one of her classes here at PSF. 

Participants will recieve hands-on instruction in the art of Drop Spindle, and will take home some beautiful yarn!

Drop Spindles, as well as many lovely Thankful Goat Farm products, will be available for purchase after the workshop.

Tickets are $30 and we are capped at 20 participants.  If you would like to recieve a group discount, or pay with cash or check, please contact our friendly Farm and Cultural Resources Manager William Ritter at williamritter@pattersonschoolfoundation.org 

Dawn Mathews began her homesteading adventure in 2009 with one dairy goat and the best intentions of fine cheeses dancing in her head.  Things almost ended prematurely when her goat ate a very toxic plant.  Fortunately an antitoxin shot saved the goats life, but it also rendered the milk undrinkable for 14 days. So what do you do with that? You learn to make goat milk soap! Later on, after her goat milk soap and bath product business took off, she fulfilled her dream of yummy cheeses along with delicious goat milk fudge, caramel, and other dairy delights. Their family sold their half acre micro farm and bought a piece of land in Lenoir they have been developing into their dream farm since 2014. The Thankful Goat Farm became a WWOOF-USA farm in 2012 and accepts interns from that organization to help them live out their dream and teach others to farm, check out The Thankful Goat for more info!