Linda Ligon's Blog

Spinning effortlessly and naturally

Linda Ligon — Fri, 17 May 2013 11:00:00 GMT

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 Linda.

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Content without the clutter

Linda Ligon — Wed, 01 May 2013 11:00:00 GMT

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

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Knitting and the Brontë sisters

Linda Ligon — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 11:00:00 GMT

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

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Time to relax or get back to work?

Linda Ligon — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 12:00:00 GMT

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. But the day after Christmas, they were admonished...(read more)

The Zen of Spinning Silk

Linda Ligon — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 11:00:00 GMT

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

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Knock Your Socks Off Socks

Linda Ligon — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 11:00:00 GMT

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

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Dive into the early nineteenth century

Linda Ligon — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 11:00:00 GMT

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 Austen Knits.

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