{"id":6686,"date":"2021-08-07T07:47:14","date_gmt":"2021-08-07T05:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/?p=6686"},"modified":"2021-08-07T07:47:18","modified_gmt":"2021-08-07T05:47:18","slug":"old-blog-post-a-fleece-meditation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/old-blog-post-a-fleece-meditation\/","title":{"rendered":"Old blog post: A fleece meditation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;m still enjoying my summer holidays. New blog posts are therefore scarce. Today I give you an old blog post: <a href=\"https:\/\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/a-fleece-meditation\/\">A fleece meditation<\/a>. 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This is where I write posts about spinning, but also where I explain a bit more about videos I release. Sometimes I make videos that are on the blog only.&nbsp;<em>Subscribe or make an rss feed to be sure not to miss any posts.<\/em><\/li><li>My&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCLBBuYv4kff8RQ_oY-PNEqg?view_as=subscriber\">youtube channel<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;is where I release a lot of my videos.&nbsp;<em>Subscribe to be sure not to miss anything!<\/em><\/li><li>I have a&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/josefinwaltinspinner\/\">facebook page<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;where I link to all my blog posts,&nbsp;<em>you are welcome to follow me there.<\/em><\/li><li>I run an&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/josefinwaltinspinner.teachable.com\">online spinning school<\/a><\/strong>, welcome to join a course! You can also check out my <a href=\"https:\/\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/courses-kurser\/\">course page<\/a> for courses in Sweden.<\/li><li>On&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/josefinwaltinspinner\/posts\">Patreon<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;you can get early access to new videos and other Patreon only benefits. <strong>The contributions from my patrons is an important way to cover the costs, time and energy I put into the videos and blog posts I create<\/strong>. Shooting and editing a 3 minute video takes about 5 hours. Writing a blog post around 3. You can read more about my&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/josefinwaltinspinner\/overview\">Patreon page<\/a>&nbsp;here.<\/li><li>You are also welcome to make one-off donations on my <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ko-fi.com\/josefinwaltin\">Ko-fi<\/a><\/strong> page.<\/li><li>Follow me on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/josefinwaltin\/\"><strong>Instagram<\/strong>.<\/a>&nbsp; I announce new blog posts, share images from behind the scenes and post lots of woolliness.<\/li><li>Read the new book <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/knit-spin-sweden\/\">Knit (spin) Sweden!<\/a> <\/strong>by Sara Wolf. I am a co-author and write in the fleece section about how I spin yarn from Swedish sheep breeds.<\/li><li>In all the social media I offer, you are more than welcome to contact me. Interacting with you helps me make better content. <em>My private Facebook page, however, will remain private.<\/em><\/li><li>I support <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.textilescusco.org\">Centro de textiles tradicionales del Cusco<\/a><\/strong>, 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.textilescusco.org\/index.php\/donate\/\">donating to their causes<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m still enjoying my summer holidays. New blog posts are therefore scarce. Today I give you an old blog post: A fleece meditation. Join me in this tribute to the soft and airy fleece of the Gestrike sheep Elin. Happy spinning! You can find me in several social media: This&nbsp;blog&nbsp;is my main channel. 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