Pages

Tuesday, April 21, 2026

My new Saori kelly green hand woven coat and a student on the spectrum weaves for a first time

 I have been designing in my mind a kelly green coat i would weave and design and sew for 5 or 6 years. I accomplished it this year!


and here is the weaving …

fabric strips in weft









 
off the loom  fringes twisted soaked  pressed and laid out to cut my coat 

i always make a muslin before i cut into my fabric

after cutting out barely any cloth left for the lapels or pockets !







 i pieced the scraps for pockets 




 the lapels were cut like leaves scraps sewn to no raveling on each one then individually  sewn in place 










this coat makes me so happy ! 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Meet Krishna 17 , and his mom Minnie 
she brought him to try  saori weaving since he is on the spectrum.
he had never woven before ane he was amazing 

 before long he was weving in a rhythm ….








 and minnie got to weave too! she did a lovely piece.
 

 here is Krishnia's first ever weaving. they will be back next month!

classes at Saori Santa Cruz www.saorisantacruz.com

peaceful weaving in the santa cruz redwoods Jill N Sanders


 the saori inovation book here my etsy shop


Wednesday, April 8, 2026

threading a saori ready made warp roll and learning to wind warps classes

 tookie needed a refresher class on threading a  Saori ready made warp. she brought a long time friend Marles with her for a all day class. Marles was weaving while tookie threaded her 250 saori warp .





 the saori original table top threading holder here saori threader etsy shop save your back from leaning over the loom threading 


 
the amazing saori ch60 loom loom here







tookie hung her threaded warp on her saori loom we checked for  threading mistakes  then she tied up her inside set to take it home to her loom. 


in the mean time Marles is done with her weaving and tookie took it off the loom 






Marles what a great first time weaving!

saori ready made warp premade warps in my etsy shop here


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Nora came from several states away to take a all day  SAORI warping intensive class




chosing her warp yarns 





















after warping we moved to the Kenzo table top threading unit to beam on and finish her own made saori warp roll. the kenzo system does a lot more  than the original threading holder . it really is amazing.




Felipe nora's husband watched … he is so supportive of her weaving!




 nora's second warp she threaded into a inside set and took it home to hang on her saori wx60 loom 

inbetween  nora tried on some saori  jackets i had made 




she was loving my hand spun saori loopy scarves and wanted to know how i spun the art yarns 
 i told her she needed a flyer on her wheel large enough to fit art yarn. she did not have that on her wheel i showed her the spinperfect Icon 16oz 3dprinter espinner i had and she loved it and bought from it from me.





she loved it and felipe can learn to spin on it too. 





all packed up ready to go a busy but sucessful day!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 with the state of our democracy stressing me out i needed a therapy spin !

i looked in my stash and found the batt i bought 










i plied with copper metalic threads on my spinolution firefly wheel go here


plied with the paulywinder autowinder a brillant invention






peaceful weaving and spinning in the redwood mountains

 JILL N SANDERS





www.instagram.com/saorisantacruz