Josefin Waltin spinner Blog
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I am a spinner. And a knitter. I am learning how to weave. I dye when I need to. And I share my experiences by blogging, making videos, learning and teaching. In the blog I write mostly about spinning, from both a technical and more of a philosophical perspective. Spinning does so much for me and I like to investigate the spinning process in my blog posts.
Josefin Waltin spinner Blog
4d ago
Two weeks ago I sent out a survey about record keeping in spinning, and today I share some interesting results. I am currently writing a chapter about keeping records in my upcoming book Listen to the wool. I created the survey to include other perspectives on record keeping than just my own. 263 of you …
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Josefin Waltin spinner Blog
1w ago
Today I’m releasing a new online course: Tease your wool – invite air before carding. It is part of my series of short (30 minute) lectures. In the lecture I talk about the benefits of teasing the wool before carding and show you how I tease with different tools. I also demonstrate the difference between …
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Josefin Waltin spinner Blog
2w ago
For some reason I’m working on sevaral spinning projects at the moment, and it has occurred to me that I have teased most of them differently. This week I’m multiteasing! I always tease my wool before I card it, for several reasons. The most important reason to tease, though, is to open up the fibers …
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Josefin Waltin spinner Blog
3w ago
Today I reflect over the complexity of a simple letter stitched onto a kitchen towel. One cross for the first row; three the second; two, one empty, one, one empty and another two on the third. x I’m stitching a simple letter, ‘I‘, on the last of three thrifted and handwoven linen towels, ‘I‘ as …
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Josefin Waltin spinner Blog
1M ago
I’ve done it before, married a kempy Gute fleece with recycled sari silk with surprising success. Today I’m combining silk and kemp again, with even more success. If you are a patron (or want to become one) you can see how I tease, blend and spin the Gute wool with sari silk in my February …
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Josefin Waltin spinner Blog
1M ago
When I count I automatically group the numbers in clusters of four – counting four steps and then another four in the staircase, four stitches in a pattern repeat, groups of four breaths in the cold bath. Also, usually four treadles at a time on the spinning wheel, as if I were spinning in common …
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Josefin Waltin spinner Blog
1M ago
Fjällnäs sheep is a heritage and conservation breed in Sweden and one of our rarest breeds. This is my twelfth breed study. Previous breed studies have been about Gotland wool, Gute wool, Dalapäls wool, Värmland wool, Jämtland wool, finull wool, rya wool, Klövsjö wool, Åsen wool, Gestrike wool and Åland wool. Fjällnäs sheep Fjällnäs sheep …
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Josefin Waltin spinner Blog
1M ago
How many times have you been asked that question, ”What’s it for?”. To me, it’s for love, for flow, for the connection between hands and mind, for the memory of the process. A little ball of blue yarn, packed with adventures and so many tales to tell. It could never know what the world had …
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Josefin Waltin spinner Blog
2M ago
Many readers have asked me about my cold baths. Today I give you a whole post straight from the tub. If you’re cold, grab a cuppa and come with me to the lake. As some of you know, I take a cold baths in my lake every day of the year. The only times I …
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Josefin Waltin spinner Blog
2M ago
I don’t know how to weave. Still, I do it. Join me as I move through warping a shawl in my handspun and hand dyed silk singles, in a slot-slot-hole-slot dance across the heddles. Slot-slot-hole-slot. My hands move mindfully between the heddles, picking one thread at a time from the back heddle to the front. …
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