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How to card wool, a study in opposites

Linda looks at the different ways spinners approach carding wool.
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Published Apr 4, 2012 6:00 AM by Linda Ligon

Filed under: Plying, Wool Processing, Drum Carder, Spinning Wool, Merino Wool, How-To, Carding and Combing, Types of Yarn, Your Yarn, Spinning, Processing Fiber
Handspun Immersion

Spinning with Rita Buchanan Imagine this: you sit down for dinner at a table set with your handspun, handwoven table runner and napkins. You clean up the kitchen wearing your handspun, handwoven apron, and dry dishes with your—you guessed it—HS...

Published Aug 4, 2010 9:17 AM by Linda Ligon

Filed under: handwoven, Worsted, Plying, Wool Processing, Drum Carder, Handspun, Spinning Wool, Merino Wool, How-To, Carding and Combing, Types of Yarn, Spinning, Processing Fiber
A New Spinning DVD is Born

Picture this: Spinning diva Abby Franquemont, a woodshop, a couple of aluminum ladders for props, two rowdy kittens. Add: three video cameras, a bunch of lights, a sound system, some camera guys. Result? Drafting: The Long and Short of It , an hour of...

Published Oct 14, 2009 10:01 AM by Linda Ligon

Filed under: Worsted, Plying, Wool Processing, Handspun, Spinning Wool, Merino Wool, How-To, Types of Yarn, Spinning
Rita Buchanan - a woman of parts

I've known Rita Buchanan for many, many years, and she's always surprised me. There was the Peace Corps time working on water projects in Africa. The year in southwestern Colorado, growing and living off native plants. The acknowledgment in her...

Published Sep 2, 2009 8:27 AM by Linda Ligon

Filed under: Worsted, SOAR, Wool Processing, Spinning Wool, Merino Wool, Spin-Off Magazine, How-To, Types of Yarn, Spinning
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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TAGS: How-To + Spinning Wool

How to card wool, a study in opposites

Handspun Immersion

A New Spinning DVD is Born

Rita Buchanan - a woman of parts

Tossing spindles