{"id":7257,"date":"2021-12-04T08:17:18","date_gmt":"2021-12-04T07:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/?p=7257"},"modified":"2021-12-04T08:17:22","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T07:17:22","slug":"spinning-championships-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/spinning-championships-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Spinning championships 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It’s that time of the year again \u2013 the Swedish spinning championships. If I remember correctly I have participated in the championships since 2015. I don’t want to miss this opportunity to spin from wool and instructions that I haven’t chosen myself and learn from the experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year I won the gold medal for my embroidery yarn<\/a>. This year I didn’t get any medals, but I would still like to share my yarns and techniques with you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Championship format<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In the spinning championships all spinners get the same fiber and the same rules. The spinners get around one month to spin their yarn and submit it. A jury confers and the medalists are revealed a few weeks later. Usually the prize ceremony takes place on the fleece and spinning championships in different locations every year, but this year and 2020 they were both digital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were two competitions this year: V\u00e4rmland wool and flax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

V\u00e4rmland wool<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The assignment for the V\u00e4rmland wool<\/a> was to spin a yarn for knitting, 2-ply or more. We got raw V\u00e4rmland lamb’s wool in two shades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colour separation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Since we got two different colours of the V\u00e4rmland fleece I figured they would want me to do something with the colours. But two seemed too few, so I decided to make three shades out of the two colours. Using combs I teased each colour separately. I blended a third batch of half dark and half light wool into a shade between the two browns. After that I hand carded each colour separately into rolags.<\/p>\n\n\n\n