Today I take you to the forest for another essay on Substack: Spider silk, where a shopping list invites you in between Water Stride’s pool and Hazel’s spring shoots.
“After having gulped down the last of the morning dew I threaded a basket onto my tail, placed the shopping list underneath my acorn hat and scurried along the path downforest.”
Read the whole piece here.
My life is a bit chaotic at the moment with a crazy work situation and an ill father. I don’t have the energy I would like, and the blog posts are sparse. I ask for your patience.
You can find me in several social media:
- This blog is my main channel. This is where I write weekly posts, mainly about spinning. Do subscribe!
- I share essay-style writing on Substack. Come and have a look!
- I am writing a book! In the later half of 2025 Listen to the wool: A why-to guide for joyful spinning will be available. Read more about the book here.
- My youtube channel is where I release a lot of my videos. Subscribe to be sure not to miss anything!
- I have a facebook page where I link to all my blog posts, you are welcome to follow me there.
- I run an online spinning school, welcome to join a course! You can also check out my course page for courses in Sweden or to book me for a lecture.
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- Read the book Knit (spin) Sweden! by Sara Wolf. I am a co-author and write in the fleece section about how I spin yarn from Swedish sheep breeds.
- In all the social media I offer, you are more than welcome to contact me. Interacting with you helps me make better content. My private Facebook page, however, will remain private.
- I support Centro de textiles tradicionales del Cusco, a group of talented textile artists in Cusco, Peru who dedicate their work to the empowerment of weavers through the revitalization and sustainable practice of Peruvian ancestral textiles in the Cusco region. Please consider supporting their work by donating to their causes.
Dear,
you like to write.
Dat is OK for you…
I like to read what you write when you spin or other fealings about wool and scheep.etc.
But not all thr rest.
Thy are your personal events af every day.
Ok for facebook and istagram
but not togive open like you do.
It is to much.
Now you are a writer and no more a spinser and wool lover a like so much but do not find more
Love
Cécil
Dear Cécile,
Thank you for your message. Yes, I am a writer, and also very much a spinner. This is why I am writing a spinning book. I share my reflections on spinning and other topics in this blog and in my other social media, all for free. You are welcome to read them, or don’t.
Enjoy your International Women’s Day. I will be spending it with wool.
Josefin