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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.

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  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

  The day started out foggy and grey but peaceful and fresh

 Antoinette has been working on two at a time saori skinny saori scarves ...

  I brought my LOUET VICTORIA TRAVEL WHEEL HERE
  WITH THE OPTIONAL ART YARN HEAD KIT HERE

AND TRAVEL BACK PACK
LOUET VICTORIA PADDED BACK PACK  THAT EVERY THING FIT IN INCLUDING LBS OF FIBERS!






  A FREIND OF KAREN PARDEE OF SERENDIPITY SAORI STUDIO IN UP STATE NEW YORK FOUND US AND STOPED BY, TO SAY HI ON HER VACATION ! THANK YOU CAROL !

 Jeanette setting up her amazing loom..




  and the sun came out and the beach filled

  two bulky bobbins full of my thick and thin solar dyed polwarth spun into my  blueberry  art yarn at the beach!

  Picture post card lovely fiber at the beach  day!

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 special limited  butterscotch wool  saori warp here saori 200x6 wool warp 
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back at the studio i am weaving a a new piece on my Piccolo



  Antoinette finished her two scarves at a time scarf!
  LOVE IT !!!!

amazing colors and happiness!


  PEACEFUL WEAVING AND SPINNING FROM THE THE REDWOODS TO THE SEA
JILL NICKOLENE SANDERS
WWW.SAORISANTACRUZ,COM