Drop Spindle + Spinning Wheels - Linda Ligon's Blog

I taught myself to spin in 1971. I didn't have a book. I'm not sure I'd ever even watched anybody spin on a wheel. I did have a 15-minute tutorial on using a drop spindle (emphasis on "drop"). My wheel was an old upright Swiss table...

Published Feb 17, 2010 9:50 AM by Linda Ligon

Filed under: How To Spin, Spinning Wheels, Spindle Spinning, Drop Spindle, Spinning

Spinimation—The Maggie and Eunny Show

I’ve rattled on for years about how hard it is to put spinning instruction in print. It’s such a dynamic, process-intensive craft—so hard to capture in one-shot increments. For all my carrying on, though, I think we’ve done a pretty...

Published Jun 3, 2009 8:50 AM by Linda Ligon

Filed under: Worsted, Plying, How To Spin, Wool Processing, Spinning Wheels, Spindle Spinning, Drop Spindle, Spinning Wool, Merino Wool, Spin-Off Magazine, Types of Yarn, Spinning

Heading To Peru

The last time I was in Peru – last year, in fact – I saw a spinner in one of the villages, and I just can’t get her out of my mind. It was early morning in Chinchero, near Cusco. The streets were still empty and quiet, the roosters still...

Published Apr 29, 2009 9:00 AM by Linda Ligon

Filed under: Spinning Wheels, Spindle Spinning, Drop Spindle

Tossing spindles

I was looking back, waaay back, the other day, at the second issue of Spin-Off (Fall 1978). This popped out at me: a short article written by Harry and Olive Linder, one of the shining lights and great teachers of the spinning community back in the day...

Published Jan 22, 2009 2:28 PM by Linda Ligon

Filed under: Wool Processing, Spinning Wheels, Spindle Spinning, Drop Spindle, Handspun, Spinning Wool, Merino Wool, Spin-Off Magazine, How-To, Spinning

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