Instructor Lee Coray-Ludden (center) shows how to spin yarn from wool on a kick-driven spinning wheel, with student Amy Townson practicing in the background on Tuesday in the Soldotna Preparatory School library. In her four-session weekly yarn spinning class, part of the Soldotna Community Schools program, Coray-Ludden will teach students to spin and ply yarn from locally-grown wool and fleece, including exotic fibers from cashmere goats, alpacas, and llamas. (Photo by Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion).

Debora Meester adjusts the bobbin of a spinning wheel while spinning wool into yarn during the first session of the Soldotna Community Schools yarn-spinning class on Tuesday, March 20 in the library of the Soldotna Preparatory School in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion)

Debora Meester adjusts the bobbin of a spinning wheel while spinning wool into yarn during the first session of the Soldotna Community Schools yarn-spinning class on Tuesday, March 20 in the library of the Soldotna Preparatory School in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion)

Instructor Lee Coray-Ludden (center) inspects yarn from a kick-driven spinning wheel on Tuesday in the Soldotna Preparatory School library in Soldotna. In her four-session weekly yarn spinning class, part of the Soldotna Community Schools program, Coray-Ludden will teach students to spin and ply yarn from locally-grown wool and fleece, including exotic fibers from cashmere goats, alpacas, and llamas. (Photo by Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion).

Debora Meester adjusts the bobbin of a spinning wheel while spinning wool into yarn during the first session of the Soldotna Community Schools yarn-spinning class on Tuesday in the library of the Soldotna Preparatory School in Soldotna. (Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion)