Lisa Joyce is a felter, spinner, and musician. She relishes creating yarns that allow others to express their creativity and offers a wide variety of sculptural yarns and unique felted hats. Lisa demonstrates how to spin tail-spun art yarns using a wool core and mohair locks on a Rio Grande Wheel, a unique combination of multiple spinning wheel technologies. You can use a wide variety of fiber locks in this technique.
The long, lustrous locks of mohair are produced by Angora goats. They are one of the oldest fiber-bearing animals in human history. Evolving from the Anatolia Plains of Turkey, they were introduced to the U.S. in 1849. The Southwest area of the U.S. has ideal conditions for these goats. Texas has evolved into one of the largest mohair producing regions in the U.S. Although industry prizes white fiber for its ability to dye clear, clean colors and to create a uniform-colored yarn during processing, these goats grow a wide range of natural colors. These natural colors are promoted and preserved by smaller shepherds in the tri-state region the festival promotes.
Do you love tailspun yarn or working with mohair? Share your creations using the hashtags #taoswoolfest2020 #taoswoolfestival #lisajoydesigns
To see more of Lisa’s work, visit her vendor page at [ Ссылка ] or [ Ссылка ]
To learn more about her musical life, visit [ Ссылка ]
To gather up some mohair locks, visit Naumann’s vendor page, [ Ссылка ]
