winter solstice, saori weaving with kids, and hand woven fabric prep

 I received a Saori hand woven post card greeting from Trish , a moderator in my 'weaving in the Saori way"  ravelry group  ravelry! how fantastic is this!

 My life sized  Tomten (gnome ) I  knit   tomten blog link , and fox  wished every one a merry Christmas today!

  Look who is that jingling at the door? It is Pere NOEL (father christmas) arriving  with  toys!
(aka Lee my husband)

Such excitement!!!

 transparent fleece fiber fun for the kids and adults!

Tease the  wool fleece and angelina sparkling fiber

then sandwich them between parchment paper and press with a hot iron  for a few seconds.

little one weaving on the saori piccolo loom ( one month since her 3rd birthday)! 

up in the wee hours finishing my Saori wool purple yardage .

  In the forground is a birthday gift from a good friend Sue, all hand dyed and spun yarn!
I am using it in my purple weaving.

 Off the loom and a quick photo in the rain before  I twist fringes  and wash and full the yardage.

  checking on the progress still needs a couple of more minutes before I put it on spin cycle and press with a hot iron right from the spin cycle.

Gifts given, christmas /solstice meal served crafts done, time for  Father Noel ( Boppa noel ) to rest with with the elves for espresso and pie.

HAPPY WINTER SOLSTICE
MERRY CHRISTMAS

Jill Nickolene Sanders
www.saorisantacruz.com
SAORISANTACRUZ ETSY SHOP

Peaceful weaving in the redwoods