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This weekend I attended the Swedish fleece and spinning championships at W\u00e5lstedts textilverkstad<\/a> in Dala-Floda. I was there as a visitor, but also as an instructor and a contestant.<\/p>\n

Fleece championships<\/h2>\n

For the fleece championships, sheep owners sent in their best fleeces for judgment. The fleeces were judged by factors as evenness, crimp, fiber thickness, staple length, elasticity’s softness, silkiness etc. There were two basic categories, heritage breeds and crossbred.<\/p>\n

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Fleeces competing in the Swedish wool championships 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Since there were so many fleeces, the jury had made more sub-categories so that the same kind of fleeces competed against each other \u2013 Rya, Finweool, V\u00e4rmland, Crossbred, Gotland\/Leicester etc. This competition is a very important part of Swedish wool production. It helps the sheep owners make good choices in breeding when it comes to fleece quality.\u00a0There was a very high quality in the fleeces and I wanted to dive into all of them.<\/p>\n

Wool auction<\/h2>\n

There were many proud winners and after the prize ceremony the winning fleeces were auctioned. I got my hands on two of my favourite fleeces.<\/p>\n

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Cuddly Finewool\/Rya gold medalist.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The first fleece I bought was a gold medalist in the heritage breed category. It is a beautiful Finewool\/Rya ewe mix breed in a beautiful dark grey colour from Boda backe sheep farm<\/a>. The overall quality the fleece is mainly soft and crimpy Finewool. The softness is very unusual for a ewe, that on top of that was shorn in the spring. The jury’s verdict was: “A very clean, soft and likable spring fleece. Easy to card, airy staple with mostly undercoat. An all-round fleece which is easy to manage and can be used for many purposes.”<\/p>\n

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Yummy V\u00e4rmland bronze medalist<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

My second purchase was a bronze medalist in the heritage V\u00e4rmland category. A wonderfully soft V\u00e4rmland lamb fleece from Sussanne S\u00f6rensen’s flock in L\u00f6ber\u00f6d. The jury’s verdict was “A beautiful fleece with an interesting colour, long undercoat and soft overcoat and a medieval touch”. The undercoat is 14 cm and the overcoat 22 cm.<\/p>\n

The event also hosted the Swedish hand spinning championship, in which I got a bronze medal! More about that in an earlier post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Some of the competing yarns in the handspinning championships<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I also taught a class in supported spindle spinning, which, as always, was a great experience and I got lots of inspiration from it.<\/p>\n

On top of it all, my husband and I got a chance to see some beautiful autumn scenery.<\/p>\n

\"Josefin
Knitting away where \u00d6sterdal river meets V\u00e4sterdal river and form the Dal river. Yarn is my handspun from a Grey Tr\u00f6nder fleece.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

All in all, it was a wonderful weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This weekend I attended the Swedish fleece and spinning championships at W\u00e5lstedts textilverkstad in Dala-Floda. I was there as a visitor, but also as an instructor and a contestant. Fleece championships For the fleece championships, sheep owners sent in their best fleeces for judgment. The fleeces were judged by factors as evenness, crimp, fiber thickness, … <\/p>\n

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There were two\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "For the love of"","block_context":{"text":"For the love of","link":"https:\/\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/category\/for-the-love-of\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_3675-scaled.jpeg?fit=1043%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_3675-scaled.jpeg?fit=1043%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_3675-scaled.jpeg?fit=1043%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_3675-scaled.jpeg?fit=1043%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6950,"url":"https:\/\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/stash\/","url_meta":{"origin":498,"position":4},"title":"Stash","author":"Josefin Waltin","date":"September 18, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"I have a lot of fleece at home. I try to cut down on my fleece purchases, but it is difficult. Exploring the Swedish sheep breeds and writing about them are things I love. I do try to keep a strict queue where I spin the oldest first. But sometimes\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "For the love of"","block_context":{"text":"For the love of","link":"https:\/\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/category\/for-the-love-of\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"A white fleece with very long and silky staples.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_6328-scaled.jpeg?fit=1028%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_6328-scaled.jpeg?fit=1028%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_6328-scaled.jpeg?fit=1028%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_6328-scaled.jpeg?fit=1028%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9028,"url":"https:\/\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/the-ladies-in-waiting\/","url_meta":{"origin":498,"position":5},"title":"The ladies in waiting","author":"Josefin Waltin","date":"January 7, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"I have a long queue of fleeces. In the storage of my sofa bed I have at the moment 12 fleeces that are washed and picked but not spun. These are my ladies in waiting. 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