🗓 Saturday, September 13 | ⏰ 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM
📍 Elderslie Community Tune-Up Station https://maps.app.goo.gl/rgka6CQCMHh72W8B9
As part of the Cycle Arts Festival 2025, Cycle-to-Spin invites you to experience the art of spinning yarn—powered by bicycle! We’ll be attaching a spinning wheel to a bike, transforming your pedal power into beautiful handspun yarn.
Whether you want to hop on the bike to power the wheel, try your hand at spinning fibres on an Ashford Wheel, or simply watch and learn how to use a drop spindle - there’s something for everyone. No experience needed!
Enjoy music and ice cream nearby while you watch, learn, or get involved.
Led by Odet Beauvoisin
Odet (@odetyarn) has been spinning, teaching, and designing yarns since the 1970s. She taught Handspinning & Yarn Design at Glasgow School of Art for nine years and studied on location with Marion Cambell, the last local Harris Tweed handloom weaver to dye and handspin her own weft.
As a ‘spinner in residence’ at The Coach House for 23 years, Odet demonstrated spinning and ran workshops for beginners, skill-developers, and advanced techniques. Over the past two decades, she has led workshops for the Highland Spinners, Weavers and Dyers Guild, Handspinner-Having-Fun Craft shop on Skye, and Gavin’s Mill (Milngavie).
