SITE LAST UPDATED ON March 5, 2010

* Check out the new classes and photos.

Who is Joan Ruane,
the Cotton Spinner?

 

The Lendrum Wheel

*NEW CLASSES ADDED TO Workshops and Lectures

Cotton Spinning Made Easy
Video and DVD

Joan's Latest Class Schedule

 

Articles by Joan

How to Spin Cotton
Carding and Making a Puni

 Two Cotton Myths 
Supima Cotton: Why is it so special?
Charkha Spinning
Charkha Set-up
Planting Cotton Seeds
Joan's 2005 Cotton Crop

Joan's 2007 Cotton Crop
Joan's 2008 Cotton Crop
How to Use a Support Spindle or Takli
Dyeing Your Cotton
"Easy to Spin" Cotton
My Green Blouse


This green top was grown in Joan's garden!!!

See article about this weaving Joan just finished.

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Irene Schmoller lives in "Cotton Country" surrounded by fields of cotton. She owns

Cotton Clouds, a retail mail order shop located in Safford, Arizona.