hundreds of mostly 7 yr olds tried weaving for the first time. I decided to cut up and piece the yardage from there weaving together and I designed a sleeveless vest with a hood, for a" homage to 7 yr old weavers."
In the true spirt of saori I made the design and used saori woven pieces , honest , letting all that new found fun of weaving with out worrying about any mistakes spilling into the garment.
SAORI means no mistakes, so all the learning trials are preverved in this piece.
can you see if you can find the woven bits from the fair photos now in the vest?
cut up and pinned to piece of the saori weaving yardage
made a paper pattern of a simple design
yes it is hard not to obsess about mistakes, loose hanging yarns, etc. but I did let loose and although it is not one of my finely detailed sewing designs I set out to be true to the saori concept and I am happy.
hood back down like a collar it looks really cool on.
I think it will look good with a black turtle neck or jeans.
maybe I will add two front pockets.
update: this hooded vest sold to one of my students for her 18 yr or daughters birthday gift.
peace in weaving
jill
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