Linda Ligon addresses some old wives’ tales that have been making the rounds since she started spinning and weaving.
As a teacher and author, Stephenie Gaustad expanded our understanding of yarn and welcomed new handspinners with skill and joy. Spin Off joins her many students and colleagues in remembering her at work and play.
Follow a seven-year labor of love as one man spun and wove his way through years of tragedy and loss, magic and healing—all documented in an enchanting film.
After decades inventing and innovating spinning and weaving equipment, Jan Louët says that his favorite is the one he hasn’t released yet.
In this charming interview, Jim Bateman and Linda Ligon reminisce about Rick and Marge Reeves and Rick’s last walnut Saxony wheel.
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Meet Galina and watch as she spins exquisitely fine yarn for her Orenburg lace shawls. Then, knit your own with two bonus patterns.
Few subjects in spinning are as contentious as handcarding. Explore three completely different ways that excellent spinners approach these tools.
In her quest to understand all aspects of silk, Karen Selk has focused her life’s journey on both the lustrous fibers and the communities that produce it. This 5-part mini-series taps into her decades of experience and enduring love for all things silk.
Season 6, Episode 5: Life lessons are where you find them. Peggy Orenstein found them in her quest to build a sweater from scratch.
This well-known fifth-generation Navajo weaver serves as an ambassador for her culture and traditions, carrying her family’s textile heritage forward.