Bob is new to weaving he is trying all kinds of weaving with different teachers. This particular week he came for a class at Saori Santa Cruz to learn just what is Saori weaving?
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Antoinette wanted to learn how to sew a bag from saori yardage
With much sucess and a greater learning of what Saori weaving is and how it differs from most other weaving Bob finishes his first piece.
Antoinette's fantastic bag!
unique and and one of a kind Saori bag!!
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Summer vacation is over but one last day of weaving fun before school starts . children love weaving on Saori looms. The saori ... click here
PICCOLO LOOM perfect for children and adjusts higher for adults as well only weighs 15 lbs.
Everyone is so happy weaving at the loom with the convenient bobbin holder
click here .I attach it to the loom shelf with a piece velcro one wrap easy strap ( the kind used for wraping electrical cables)
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Meet Nicole. she has been trying to spin for several years on her previous owned wheel and not haveing much luck.
she came for a day of immersing bringing her own pygora goat fiber she raises to learn to spin with.
I taught her about her wheel , we had several things that needed replaceing , the broken drive band and the foot man to treadle connector broke. all fixed now we proceeded on and she did wonderfully!
How to attenuate her fiber for easy fiber drawing…..
How to ply using a lazy kate
How to use a lazy to make a skein…….
First ever skein of yarn from her own pygora goats!
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California still is dry and in a drought and i LOVE my
SOAK Wash. it really cleans and NO rinsing saving time money AND WATER!
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Some amazing reduced prices in fibers from Louet their SPINZILLA special offer over 50% off fiber packs in my etsy shop
lavender merino!!! and flax, cashmere etc more info
spinzilla July fiber pack only one left
Louet's August's spinzilla pack with Carmel Apple northern's lights space dyed roving.
And finely a new cool idea Louet's for september your choice of over three lbs natural roving AND the starting sets of GAYWOOL dyes. a acid dye with no need to add vinigar it is all in the safe dye granules rubber gloves and color cards included.
choose from bush blends, or brighter originals!
spinzilla fiber link here with a coupon off for ordering more dyes .
and for those of you how loved my solar dyed fibers and asked about the fibers I use I started carrying 100%
POLWARTH TOP HERE
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Check out the newly stocked colored saori ready made warps in my my etsy shop click here SAORI PreMADE WARPS
persimmon silk
lime sherbet silk
cotton : sassafras bark
silk: Asters and larkspur
Green cotton :sherwood forest
silk:Autum
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a great meeting and Kai at the studio in August
nettie unrolls your her latest Saori piece
Dee's saori weaving
we made paper and added fibers!!!
maggie wove on her tapestry loom
Brenda spun her beautiful hand dyed fibers
PEACEFUL WEAVING, SPINNING, DYEING, AND SEWING IN THE REDWOODS
JILL NICKOLENE SANDERS
