Listen to the Wool

Josefin Waltin, Dan Waltin

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Stackpole Books
31 December 2025

Art & Architecture; Spinning & weaving

Listen to the Wool shows spinners how to work with a fleece to find what type of yarn it is best suited to become. By investigating wool preparation from a technical, cognitive, sensory, and spiritual perspective, the reader will be able to confidently make decisions to create a wool’s best yarn.

Instead of approaching spinning with the end result in mind and forcing a fleece to meet that goal, e.g., a sport-weight sock yarn, Listen to the Wool shows spinners how to work with a fleece to find what type of yarn it is best suited to become. By investigating wool preparation from a technical, cognitive, sensory, and spiritual perspective, the reader will be able to confidently make decisions to create a wool’s best yarn, allowing it to shine. The book will encourage readers to “do” the “don’ts,” challenge their preconceptions, embrace their mistakes, and enjoy the full journey of fleece to yarn.

By: Josefin Waltin, Dan Waltin
Imprint: Stackpole Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 203mm,
ISBN: 9780811776691
ISBN 10: 0811776697
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 31 December 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Josefin Waltin has been teaching spinning in person and online for 12 years and has gathered a faithful following of dedicated spinners. She has written articles for Spin-Off and PLY and is the co-author of Knit (spin) Sweden! with Sara J. Wolf.

Reviews for Listen to the Wool

I've spent decades exploring the idiosyncratic qualities of a multitude of fleeces, along with different tools and techniques. I know very well the joy of pulling a lock out of a newly-shorn fleece and gauging its length, crimp, color, and texture--wondering which adventure it will lead me on. Josefin's contributions to our community encourage us to open our hearts and our hands to the incomparable pleasures offered by every woolly sheep, who annually shares its bounty with us and bounces back into the field, already growing the fleece that will carry subtle traces of the year to come into our future crafting quests. I encourage you to open this book and your mind and let Josefin guide you on this incomparable voyage.--Deborah Robson, co-author of The Fleece & Fiber Sourcebook ""Foreword, Listen to the Wool""