{"id":95,"date":"2017-05-21T18:32:02","date_gmt":"2017-05-21T16:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/?p=95"},"modified":"2019-01-30T18:57:59","modified_gmt":"2019-01-30T17:57:59","slug":"the-bedtime-shawl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/the-bedtime-shawl\/","title":{"rendered":"The bedtime shawl"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_173\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-173\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"173\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/the-bedtime-shawl\/bedtime-shawl12\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Bedtime-shawl12.jpg?fit=1872%2C2808&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1872,2808\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1473507213&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;63&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.001&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Bedtime shawl12\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Bedtime-shawl12.jpg?fit=525%2C787&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-173 size-large\" title=\"An arm holding up a sheer woven shawl in natural colours.\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Bedtime-shawl12.jpg?resize=525%2C787&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"An arm holding up a sheer woven shawl in natural colours.\" width=\"525\" height=\"787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Bedtime-shawl12.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Bedtime-shawl12.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Bedtime-shawl12.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Bedtime-shawl12.jpg?w=1872&amp;ssl=1 1872w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Bedtime-shawl12.jpg?w=1050&amp;ssl=1 1050w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Bedtime-shawl12.jpg?w=1575&amp;ssl=1 1575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-173\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The bedtime shawl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When I started practising supported spinning, I was using what was left of three fleeces of beautiful alpaca I had bought from \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.alpacka.se\">\u00d6sterlen alpacka<\/a>\u00a0a few years ago. I was spinning\u00a0in bed just before I went to sleep. It was calming, like meditation and I cherished those\u00a0bedtime\u00a0spinning moments. I was spinning to learn, so I didn&#8217;t have a project planned for the yarn, but after a while I envisioned a sheer woven shawl. A bit\u00a0like those fancy wide cashmere shawls. My mother-in-law was going through chemo at the time and she is always cold so I wanted to make it for her.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_44\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"44\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/how-it-continued\/miracle-slanda-stor\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Miracle-sl%C3%A4nda-stor.jpg?fit=2448%2C2448&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2448,2448\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1460531823&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;32&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0015432098765432&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Miracle sl\u00e4nda stor\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Miracle-sl%C3%A4nda-stor.jpg?fit=525%2C525&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-44 size-large\" title=\"A support spindle full of yarn.\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Miracle-sl%C3%A4nda-stor.jpg?resize=525%2C525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A support spindle full of yarn.\" width=\"525\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Miracle-sl%C3%A4nda-stor.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Miracle-sl%C3%A4nda-stor.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Miracle-sl%C3%A4nda-stor.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Miracle-sl%C3%A4nda-stor.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Miracle-sl%C3%A4nda-stor.jpg?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Miracle-sl%C3%A4nda-stor.jpg?w=1575&amp;ssl=1 1575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Singles from the baby alpaca Miracle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After about six months of bedtime spinning I started weaving on my rigid heddle loom. And it was hell. I am a new weaver and I am advising all weavers, regardless of experience, never to weave in alpaca. It&#8217;s a very slippery fiber. And especially prone to breaking with a super thin singles weft. Or perhaps the advise is not to weave with a super thin singles weft.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_99\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-99\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"99\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/the-bedtime-shawl\/bedtime-shawl2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Bedtime-shawl2.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1466975454&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;64&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.03030303030303&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Bedtime shawl2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Bedtime-shawl2.jpg?fit=525%2C394&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-99 size-full\" title=\"A rigid heddle loom warped with thin yarn\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Bedtime-shawl2.jpg?resize=525%2C394&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A rigid heddle loom warped with thin yarn\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Bedtime-shawl2.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Bedtime-shawl2.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-99\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">At the beginning of the alpaca hell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But I did learn a lot along the way. And that&#8217;s the beauty of creating, isn&#8217;t it? For every mistake you make you learn something new to add to your experience bank and bring into future\u00a0projects. And at the end of the warp it turned out beautifully, smooth as silk.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_97\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-97\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"97\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/the-bedtime-shawl\/bedtime-shawl9\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Bedtime-shawl9.jpg?fit=2808%2C1872&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2808,1872\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1473506849&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;63&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Bedtime shawl9\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Bedtime-shawl9.jpg?fit=525%2C350&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-97 size-large\" title=\"A sheer woven shawl folded over a park bench\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Bedtime-shawl9.jpg?resize=525%2C350&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A sheer woven shawl folded over a park bench\" width=\"525\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Bedtime-shawl9.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Bedtime-shawl9.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Bedtime-shawl9.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Bedtime-shawl9.jpg?w=1575&amp;ssl=1 1575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-97\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The finished alpaca shawl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I started practising supported spinning, I was using what was left of three fleeces of beautiful alpaca I had bought from \u00a0\u00d6sterlen alpacka\u00a0a few years ago. I was spinning\u00a0in bed just before I went to sleep. It was calming, like meditation and I cherished those\u00a0bedtime\u00a0spinning moments. I was spinning to learn, so I didn&#8217;t &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/the-bedtime-shawl\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The bedtime shawl&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[40,77,78],"tags":[24,114,50,16,17,23],"class_list":["post-95","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-for-the-love-of","category-spinning-techniques","category-textile-production","tag-alpaca","tag-process","tag-singles","tag-spinning","tag-supported-spindle","tag-weaving"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The bedtime shawl - Josefin Waltin spinner<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This blog post is about my first weaving project on my rigid heddle loom. 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