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Monday, September 23, 2024

Saori Santa Cruz weaving classes in the beautiful redwood mountains Felton California

 Happy fall! the month of september has had cooler days and lovely weather .  Izea  9 yrs old and his sister  Thea 6 yrs old  came with their dad for class……

Thea 's 1st class wanted pink, purple and rainbows and sparkles in her weaving 


Izea wanted in his 3 rd class weaving to be all blue!







  The saori piccolo 40 loom adjusts for height for children and raises up for adults too









what a fun wonderful class and family


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meet Hillary 
she came for a begining weaving class and loved it!








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some new saori yarn sets in my etsy shop cone set here




 a medium neutral grey set 
 yarn section in my etsy shop

 also some new loom bags i just finished sewing up in my etsy shop 

Protect you looms  and the warp when not in use or for travel
60 size will fit 24" saori folding  looms 



piccolo 40 size loom bags 


 another piccolo size  bag 
 granite mountain bag 





another 60 or 24" size bag 

 ALL of these loom  bags are 30% wool blanket weave. with full lenght zipper web handles .



PEACEFUL WEAVING IN THE REDWOOD MOUNTAINS
Jill N Sanders








Saturday, August 24, 2024

Some new Saori weaving students, and hand spinning art yarns class and carding at SAORI SANTA CRUZ STUDIO

ROOPA has been busy weaving  on her saori piccolo loom while saai is in class working on here pastel scarf


















saai's  scarf is off the loom! and it is beautiful 


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 loom bags  that i make to fit the saori piccolo 40 loom or 60 size looms go here my etsy loom bag shop section


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meet jen and janet. jen bought a saori ch60 loom after taking this 2 hour class and janet her  friend bloved learing how to weave! they will be back in october janet weave ,while jan learns to thread a saori ready made warp in class !








having fun    








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Izea and his mom rebecca are back for their second class ….


 look at him go! his last life i am convinced he was a weaver? 9 years old! saori folding wood wx60 loom here







 rececca is weaving yardage for a shirt for her husband so her weaving stays and will be on going 





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linda's  spinning ,carding class, and her weaving she brought to share


 linda has a manual drum carder and loves it but she has bags( 50 lbs)  of fiber  to process at home soooo

 having a electric carder is  really a necessity ! i had her use my duncan electric carder and she loved it , because i had 2 of them this one ended up going home with her and is now  her's and  at her place !






she loves art yarn . she bought a spinolution espinner spinolution firefly wheel a few months ago and loves it here is her art yarn that she spun using the the learning the drum carder batts 



 she has been  saori weaving on her ch60 loom  and here are her last few months worth of yardage!













it has been fun sharing the goings on and classes at saori santa cruz 

PEACEFUL WEAVING IN THE SANTA CRUZ REDWOOD MOUNTAINS
Jill N Sanders
my etsy shop