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I long<\/h1>\n

Spring is taking its sweet time in Sweden this year. We’re almost at spring equinox and it was -8\u00b0C when I got up this morning. It does get warmer in the sun and the birds are singing very spring-like, but there is still snow and degrees below zero during a big part of the day. My whole being is waiting for spring to happen. I long to get out and craft. I have videos to shoot, outdoor knitting to be enjoyed, distaffs to carve and a whole allotment to cultivate. But it’s still too cold for the lanolin and my hands and I can’t put seeds in a frozen ground.<\/p>\n

So I do what I can.<\/p>\n

I make<\/h1>\n

I’m knitting away on my twined knitting mittens<\/a>. \u00a0It is a slow and mindful knitting and I love how the whole range of greys are displayed in the fabric. I had my outdoor knitting premiere the other day (featured image), listening to the birds chirping and the dripping of melting snow from the roofs. It was quite lovely.<\/p>\n

I finished spinning a fleece that had been waiting for over 18 months to be spun. It was a soft and beautiful V\u00e4rmland fleece. But it had quite a lot of second cuts and vegetable matter. It was also very dark and difficult to see when preparing and spinning. All these things made me reluctant to spin the fleece. At the same time I felt guilty about not spinning it. But I finally gathered my energy to do it. It turned out to be quite a nice (wheel) spin, despite the dark colour, and I turned into four skeins of strong and lustrous warp yarn.<\/p>\n

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The V\u00e4rmland 2-ply warp yarn, 186 g and 306 m (four skeins), about 1600 m\/kg.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I also finished an in-hand spinning yarn, the one I started in this<\/a> video. It is the same fleece as in the twined knitting mittens, but I used the shorter staples and spun them woolen from hand-carded rolags. It came out quite differently compared to the twined knitting yarn.<\/p>\n

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2-ply V\u00e4rmland yarn, 45 g, 105 m, 2300 m\/kg. Spun woolen on an in-hand-spindle from hand-carded rolags.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I found my way back to a rigid heddle weave I started before Christmas. It it yet another pillowcase (such a good practice project). This time in 3-shaft. The warp is 2-ply Leicester, worsted spun (wheel) from hand-combed tops and then dyed. The weft is Shetland singles, spun from hand-carded rolags on a Navajo spindle. It was lovely to weave in the spring sun in the kitchen, but I really wanted to be able to weave outdoors.<\/p>\n

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The beginning of a pillowcase<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I plan<\/span><\/h1>\n

I am planning this season’s videos. There are lots of ideas in my head \u2013 more in-hand spinning of different kinds and in different environments, perhaps some flax spinning. I have promised a video on how I spin English long draw on a spinning wheel. I am also thinking something towards mindfulness and meditation.<\/p>\n

I’m also planning to make online spinning courses. This is a bigger project and it has to take its time to get a good result. A lot of you are far away from me and my local courses and this is a way to solve the distance issue. If you are interested in taking an upcoming online course, please let me know what you would like and how.<\/p>\n

There is still time for you to make requests for upcoming videos. What would you like to see learn, explore?<\/p>\n

Happy spinning!<\/p>\n

\n

Do you like what I do? Then head over to my Patreon<\/a><\/strong> page and become a patron. If you become a patron I have lots of exclusive material in store for you. If you don’t I will still continue with the blog and make videos, just as I have before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I long Spring is taking its sweet time in Sweden this year. We’re almost at spring equinox and it was -8\u00b0C when I got up this morning. It does get warmer in the sun and the birds are singing very spring-like, but there is still snow and degrees below zero during a big part of … <\/p>\n

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