In just a few weeks my wool traveling club and I will go on our 2024 wool journey to a fulling mill. We have all woven fabrics to full and today I’m presenting my fulling candidates. I love planning our wool journeys. We have planned this one for over two years. On the 2022 wool … The post Fulling candidates appeared first on Josefin Waltin spinner ..read more

Last summer I spun a lot of singles silk yarn on a supported spindle. I used the small skeins as dye samples in my experimental dyeing with fresh Japanese indigo and woad. I started a striped weave in January and this week I finished my silk shawl. If you are a patron (or want to … The post Silk shawl appeared first on Josefin Waltin spinner ..read more

I spend a weekend at Lena’s place, helping her shear her Dalapäls sheep while Dan skips around taking photos for my upcoming book Listen to the wool. I shear Parisa, Orkidé and Frida and learn from the wool producers themselves. Dan and I drive an hour or so south to Lena, an experienced spinner, and … The post I shear appeared first on Josefin Waltin spinner ..read more

Back in October I helped my friend Claudia with the fleeces in the autumn shearing. I brought the fleeces from the Gestrike sheep Doris and Härvor home, and I bet they hadn’t taken the bus before! Just a few days earlier I had cuddled these two wooly ladies at a pasture photo shoot for my … The post Doris and Härvor appeared first on Josefin Waltin spinner ..read more

One year ago I took Beth Kempton’s Book proposal Masterclass. With the help of the proposal I got an agent in August and a book deal with a U.S. publisher in September. This week I have been on a solo writing retreat, finishing the tenth chapter of my book, Listen to the wool. If you … The post Writing retreat appeared first on Josefin Waltin spinner ..read more

The anatomy of a chapter is complicated, involving sensations and dimensions you may never have heard of before. But they are definitely there and they turn up when you least expect it. The words on the cross-stitch embroidery in the featured image says Jag skriver (I write). I was reflecting over this one early morning … The post The anatomy of a chapter appeared first on Josefin Waltin spinner ..read more

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 … The post Survey results: Keeping records appeared first on Josefin Waltin spinner ..read more

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 … The post New online course: Tease your wool appeared first on Josefin Waltin spinner ..read more

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 … The post Multiteasing appeared first on Josefin Waltin spinner ..read more

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 … The post A simple letter appeared first on Josefin Waltin spinner ..read more