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Andean spinners are eager to share their vast textile knowledge

Linda shares the magic of traveling in Peru and learning about textiles from its spinners and weavers....

Posted to Linda Ligon's Blog by Linda Ligon on Jun 5, 2013
Filed under: Natural Dyes, Dyeing, Spindle Spinning, Drop Spindle, Dyeing Yarn
Spinning effortlessly and naturally

In our new video with Nilda Callañaupa Alvarez, shares the knowledge that she began storing up when she was only eight years old, tending sheep on the slopes around her native Chinchero, Peru, with...

Posted to Linda Ligon's Blog by Linda Ligon on May 17, 2013
Filed under: handwoven, Plying, Natural Dyes, Dyeing, Spindle Spinning, Drop Spindle, Handspun, Spinning, Dyeing Yarn
Content without the clutter

The beauty of magazines in electronic form, on CDs, on the internet is you can have the content without the clutter....

Posted to Linda Ligon's Blog by Linda Ligon on May 1, 2013
Filed under: Spin-Off Magazine
Knitting and the Brontë sisters

Linda shares highlights of PieceWork 's Knitting Traditions Spring 2013 issue including her musings on knitting and the Brontë sisters....

Posted to Linda Ligon's Blog by Linda Ligon on Mar 18, 2013
Filed under: Spinning
Time to relax or get back to work?

Spend a relaxing day watching others spin Spend the day with Norman Kennedy and a song spinning. In Europe, in olden times, spinners had a break from their spinning during the celebration of Christmas...

Posted to Linda Ligon's Blog by Linda Ligon on Dec 26, 2012
Filed under: handwoven, Wool Processing, Drum Carder, Spinning Wheels, Handspun, Spinning Wool, Merino Wool, Carding and Combing, Spinning, Processing Fiber
The Zen of Spinning Silk

It seem there is always more to learn about spinning silk....

Posted to Linda Ligon's Blog by Linda Ligon on Aug 1, 2012
Filed under: Natural Dyes, Dyeing, Spin-Off Magazine, Spinning Silk, How-To, Dyeing Yarn
Knock Your Socks Off Socks

Linda shares the story of the "Amazing Tapestry Crochet Socks." Wow!...

Posted to Linda Ligon's Blog by Linda Ligon on Jul 16, 2012
Filed under: Spinning
Dive into the early nineteenth century

Linda shares the story of Lady Susan, the first, or one of the first books that Jane Austen wrote, and it is just strange. It was the inspiration for the Frederica Shawlette in the latest issue of Jane...

Posted to Linda Ligon's Blog by Linda Ligon on Jun 6, 2012
Filed under: Wool Processing, Spinning Wool, Merino Wool
Clever Lithuanian Heels

Linda learned a few tricks for knitting easy and lasting sock heels while producing Donna Druchunas's new DVD....

Posted to Linda Ligon's Blog by Linda Ligon on May 21, 2012
Filed under: Plying, Spinning
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, Wool Processing, Drum Carder, Spinning Wool, Merino Wool, How-To, Carding and Combing, Types of Yarn, Your Yarn, Spinning, Processing Fiber
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, Spinning
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, Spinning
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: Spinning
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

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