saori weaving class and my new saori woven new yellow fall vest i sewed

Meet Liza, Jenn and dave who came for a class and felt so relaxed and calm after sepending a couple of hours weaveing out under the redwoods, and want to come back 

I made a new vest out of my yellow saori yardage too 

 

what a fun day no prior knoiwledge or skills required.

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my new saori vest. my challange i had 4 yards of finished  yellow yardage  12" wide to make it into a garment !

 my yellow cotton warp 

i  decided to make a vest   i made a muslin first ,thankgoodness . the back was fine but the front was not ok it needed re designing 

 so i decided to  turn the  uper bodice front pieces so that the fringe could hang on the front lapels which i made wider it was a gamble that worked 

the bias cut back came out cool with a nice triangle at the  back hem 

 i needed to cut more off of   arm holes and make them narrower 

 the hem i left raw top stitched so it would not unravel , i love the mini fringe effect

so i then  in turned the arm hole  seams under and hand stitched them down , i prefer hand stitching to machine top stitching for neck lines and arm holes .

i had zero waste, the one small scrap so  i used to made pockets 

and now i have a fall vest i love! it is very versatile 

JILL N SANDERS 

peaceful weaving in the redwood mountains

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Learning how to spin art yarn and a full day of Saori weaving for 2 out of state friends at saori santa cruz studio

learning different carding methods hand cards  first 

 then drum carding

 and melanie's first skein 

 i taught melanie on the 3 d printer version of the spinolution firefly called SPINPERFECT.

IT IS AROUND $600 versus $1600 for the wooden  spinolution firefly. she bought my spinperfect.

a good entry level price however the firefly is  so much sturdier . both are designed by mike Pauly and both spin beautiful yarns.

Let le know if you are interested in one  it is the only 3d epinneer with a hook orifice and fegged flyer arms perfect for art yarn 

Here i am spinning on spinperfect wheel

 

learning how to spin art yarn  melanie did fantastic! 

 it is always fun to card your own fibers 

 louet jr drum carder here

also a jr carder $250 less than the louet is the brother carder here

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meet Sherril and michelle. long time friends who came from out of state for a all day saori experience in weaving.

makeing  wrist bands with the saori art yarn maker SUCH A COOL ACCESSORY

SAORI ART YARN MAKER

playing saori dress up's with some of my saori clothing 

peaceful weaving and spinning in the redwood mountains classes

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