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Homespun Handknit, Old and New

All New Homespun Handknit is now available as an eBook....

Posted to Linda Ligon's Blog by Linda Ligon on May 9, 2012
Filed under: Handspun, Spin-Off Magazine
How to card wool, a study in opposites

Linda looks at the different ways spinners approach carding wool....

Posted to Linda Ligon's Blog by Linda Ligon on Apr 4, 2012
Filed under: Plying, Maggie Casey, Wool Processing, Natural Fiber, Drum Carder, Spinning Wool, How-To, Carol Rhoades
The secrets to Orenburg spinning revealed

Linda shares her textile adventures in Mongolia and how they prepared her for her latest project learning about Orenburg spinning....

Posted to Linda Ligon's Blog by Linda Ligon on Mar 14, 2012
Filed under: Plying, Spindle Spinning, Drop Spindle
Just in Time

Our CD collections might just save you, too....

Posted to Linda Ligon's Blog by Linda Ligon on Feb 27, 2012
Filed under: handwoven, Spin-Off Magazine, Piecework Magazine
A virtual spinning bee

Get virtual spinning camaraderie with our workshop DVDs...

Posted to Linda Ligon's Blog by Linda Ligon on Jan 11, 2012
Filed under: Judith MacKenzie, Maggie Casey, Deb Menz
It's not digital, it's magical

Linda explores the joys of digital media....

Posted to Linda Ligon's Blog by Linda Ligon on Dec 28, 2011
Filed under: Spinning Silk
The music of the wheel

Linda muses on the musical qualities of using a spinning wheel....

Posted to Linda Ligon's Blog by Linda Ligon on Dec 13, 2011
Filed under: Spinning Wheels
Dyeing in my kitchen

Linda invites Deb Menz to dye in her kitchen....

Posted to Linda Ligon's Blog by Linda Ligon on Sep 26, 2011
Filed under: Deb Menz, Dyeing, How-To
The magic of creating complexity, simply

Deb Menz shares her color skills in her new DVD. Deb's sampling, from colored fiber to blended batts to yarn and finally a knitted sample. Sophisticated mud blended to match the palette of a beachscape...

Posted to Linda Ligon's Blog by Linda Ligon on Jul 13, 2011
Filed under: Plying, Deb Menz, Drum Carder
Use color to get the yarn you want

Deb ready to play with color. Colors blended to match the palette of a beachscape. Sampling helps Deb get just the results she wants. Beige to subtle, sophisticated yarn When I first started learning to...

Posted to Linda Ligon's Blog by Linda Ligon on Jun 22, 2011
Filed under: Plying, Deb Menz, How To Spin, Dyeing
What's more fun to watch than an aquarium full of tropical fish?

Deb Menz has inspired Linda to try carding fiber....

Posted to Linda Ligon's Blog by Linda Ligon on Apr 27, 2011
Filed under: Deb Menz, Wool Processing, Spinning Fiber, Natural Fiber, Drum Carder
What do you want to see next?

Read about the fun and adventure Linda has making spinning videos....

Posted to Linda Ligon's Blog by Linda Ligon on Mar 30, 2011
Filed under: Alden Amos, Stephenie Gaustad, Cindy Lair, Spinning Wheels, Spindle Spinning, Drop Spindle, Spinning Cotton
How many people does it take to fix a spinning wheel?

Do you know your wheel? Linda has been learning a lot more about hers....

Posted to Linda Ligon's Blog by Linda Ligon on Mar 2, 2011
Filed under: Alden Amos, Plying, Cindy Lair, Spinning Wheels, Spindle Spinning, Drop Spindle
A stash-busting resolution

Linda hopes 2011 will be the year she really spins cotton....

Posted to Linda Ligon's Blog by Linda Ligon on Jan 25, 2011
Filed under: Rita Buchanan, Stephenie Gaustad, Spinning Wheels, Spindle Spinning, Drop Spindle, Spinning Cotton, Handspun
Margaret Stove teaches you how to spin yarn fit for royalty

Interweave will soon release a DVD from Margaret Stove showing you how to spin yarn for lace...

Posted to Linda Ligon's Blog by Linda Ligon on Dec 29, 2010
Filed under: Plying, SOAR, Margaret Stove, How To Spin, Wool Processing, Natural Fiber, Spinning Wool, Merino Wool, Spinning Event

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Linda Ligon's Blog

Homespun Handknit, Old and New

How to card wool, a study in opposites

The secrets to Orenburg spinning revealed

Just in Time

A virtual spinning bee

It's not digital, it's magical

The music of the wheel

Dyeing in my kitchen

The magic of creating complexity, simply

Use color to get the yarn you want

What's more fun to watch than an aquarium full of tropical fish?

What do you want to see next?

How many people does it take to fix a spinning wheel?

A stash-busting resolution

Margaret Stove teaches you how to spin yarn fit for royalty