{"id":6637,"date":"2021-07-03T10:28:07","date_gmt":"2021-07-03T08:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/?p=6637"},"modified":"2021-07-03T10:28:09","modified_gmt":"2021-07-03T08:28:09","slug":"explore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/explore\/","title":{"rendered":"Explore"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A new fleece invites me to open my mind and explore the fleece in all its possibilities, challenges and opportunities. It gives me a chance to learn something new. I treasure these experiences and keep exploring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smooth and pleasant<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Today I encourage you to see possibilities and opportunities to learn from the fleece you have. I have talked about this several times because it is an important perspective to me. We may have perfectly consistent fleeces and prepare and spin just the yarn we have imagined. That is all fine and we get to practice spinning consistently and effortlessly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A consistent and heavenly soft J\u00e4mtland fleece that will become a beautifully soft yarn. But it may not give me the challenges from which I learn the most.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Unruly and defiant<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes, though, we don’t. I live in a country where most of the sheep breeds are very heterogenous within a breed, a flock and even over the body of an individual sheep. You can read more about some of the Swedish breeds and how I approach them here<\/a>. These are often my favourite fleeces. The ones that challenge me with their sea of staple lengths, types and colours, the ones that resist my draft, tease me back when I tease and play with my mind as I try to figure them out. These are the fleeces I learn the most from and the ones I look forward to the most to explore. I let the wool be my teacher<\/a> and enjoy the ride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n