{"id":5184,"date":"2020-08-29T08:51:15","date_gmt":"2020-08-29T06:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/?p=5184"},"modified":"2020-08-29T09:01:57","modified_gmt":"2020-08-29T07:01:57","slug":"five-day-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/five-day-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Five-day challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Lately I have been working a lot with course creation. I have a number of things in the pipeline, but first up is a free five-day challenge! I call it the Fleece through the senses<\/a><\/strong> challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The challenge of a fleece<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I love working with fleece. It gives me the opportunity to discover its characteristics layer by layer. From the questions people ask me I get the sense that many spinners are afraid of doing things the wrong way when it comes to working from a raw fleece. My usual answer to questions about how to do this or that is to try, compare and see what happens. Experiment and analyze, let your hands explore and see what information they can get from listening to the wool<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I know that there is so much to learn from really digging deep into a fleece. Every time I meet a new fleece I learn something new that helps me understand how wool works in general and the fleece that I work with in particular. I want to share the joy of working from raw fleece all the way to a spun yarn. At the same time, I realize that the thought of approaching a fleece can seem a bit daunting if you haven’t done it before. To offer some support and structure I have created this five-day challenge where you work with your own fleece<\/strong> (or part of a fleece) as a case study<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Listen to the wool. It has a lot to teach us.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Fleece through the senses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I call the challenge the Fleece through the senses<\/strong> challenge<\/a>. I do believe in experiencing a fleece through looking, feeling and especially listening to the wool and all it can tell me if I just let it. This challenge is intended for both spinners who are curious about working with a fleece and spinners who do work with fleece and want to try a new approach. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Five-day challenge<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In the challenge you will get five text lessons over five days<\/strong>. Each lessons has a theme where I write about an aspect of working with a fleece through the senses. In each lesson you will also get a task to work with. My recommendation is that you work 15\u201330 minutes with the task, but nothing stops you from working longer than that of course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is what you will see when you get to the course page (this is a screen shot).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Each day of the challenge the lesson will be available<\/strong> at the challenge page<\/strong> at midnight UTC. If you enroll in the challenge after that you will get access to the lesson the next day. 15 hours after the lesson has become available to you you will get an email about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You need a fleece<\/strong> or part of a fleece (washed or unwashed) to go through the challenge and around 15\u201330 minutes a day<\/strong> to work with it. You also need pen and paper to take notes of your findings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The purpose<\/strong> of the challenge is for you to learn more about the knowledge you can get access to if you give yourself time to discover a fleece with your senses. The goal<\/strong> is to peel the layers of a fleece of your own and write down what you have found. My hope is that after you have finished the challenge you will get a sense of what working with a fleece can be like or, even better, you want to continue approaching fleece the way I have come to love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enroll in the five-day challenge here!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Happy spinning!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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