CENTERING WITH FIBER: July 2016

Saturday, July 23, 2016

Saori weaving at the beach , Saori sewing class and more spinning yarns for the the tour de fleece

Leigh Ann finished this gorgeous purple 11 yards of Saori weaving washed and pressed brought it to the studio for a sewing and design sewing class

We tried no some muslins and held up sections and finely a decison was made and she started sewing and cutting

Many of the yarns she used she purchased for the studio and my Etsy shop like this amazing bulky soft cotton that is light weight and in special put up cones exclusive .

for sale here in my etsy shop

limited mill end first quality cones here

Omg I love it! The Jacket gets shipped to the UK to her sister. as a gift …. such a very lucky sister!

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More art yarn spun for the Tour De Fleece only 2 days to go till the race ends.

ALL MY FIBERS FROM MY SPINNING ON THE TOUR WERE HAND DYED AND CARDED BY ME .
some were carded using my CLEMES AND CLEMES ELITE DRUM CARDER AND BURNISHING BRUSH CLEMES ELILTE DRUM CARDER AND BURNISHING BRUSHES HERE

BLUEBERRIES skein.

PRINCESS PARTY

I ADORE MY LOUET S10C WHEEL WITH THE ART YARN FLYER ! LOUET WHEELS CLICK HERE

My 4 yard niddy noddy

Soaking and giving the skein a slight agitation. I always use this for my hand washables and skeins it is UNSENTED I swear by it! link to SOAK wash

Dried in the sun . I plied my core spun yarn with a black seed novelity texture yarn that I sell in my etsy shop

Hanging on the dress form the skein hits the floor

I call this my "sorceresses apprentice " skein weighing in at 1 lb 4 oz!

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SPINNING AND WEAVING AT THE BEACH

One of my students came to the beach day with my local group, she is weaving on the very easy portable Saori piccolo loom more about the Piccolo loom click here