A Brand new Saori weaver learns winding a warp, beaming, threading and weaving to beautiful garments , Videos.

 Meet Mahika, she wanted to learn to weave and happend to read about the saori philosphy  and looms and scheduled classes at the studio  in July and and August while she she was back home for the summer from  her university across the country.

She was so very delightful as a student. very creative and artistic ……..

 

winding her first Saori warp

beaming on and threading with the keno table top threader 

winding bobbins with the built in bobbin winder

bobbins ready for the shuttle placed in the bobbin rack

 towards the end of the warp i weighted a few lose warps 

 weaving her shawl

measuring about half way through 

 off the loom all done 

twisting fringes 

 lovely shawl!

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for Mahika's  second warp she wanted to make a garment so i suggested a ruana . 

 here color choices for her second  weaving 

saori free standing warping frame here

beaming on and threading on a table top the saori way. KENZO'S SAORI TABLE TOP BEAMING AND THREADING HOLDER

 12 bobbin  maple rack here 

saori ch60 loom here

yardage done

she loves it 

next class sewing into a ruana 

pinning trying on

 ALL DONE!

 peaceful weaving in the redwoods

jill N Sanders

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