Linda Ligon's Blog : Drum Carder

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)

How to card wool, a study in opposites

Linda Ligon — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 11:00:00 GMT

Linda looks at the different ways spinners approach carding wool.

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The magic of creating complexity, simply

Linda Ligon — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 11:00:00 GMT

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. Create your own double rainbow in yarn I'm...(read more)

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

Linda Ligon — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 11:00:00 GMT

Deb Menz has inspired Linda to try carding fiber.

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Handspun Immersion

Linda Ligon — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:17:00 GMT

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...(read more)