I STARTED out September out with a saori weaving challange. My Ravelry group weaving in the saori way on ravely group here
first 10 yards of my weave a yard a day for 30 days went well
using the comb reed section
video of the first 10 yards finished
my second 10 yards on the loom in greys saga carrying on
so you can see how i wound the warp more broad stripes
did not like it so i threaded the contrast more dispersing it throughout BUT it cause a lot of chaos on the bcak warp ...but i preserved in spite!
at this junction i was 15 days 15 yard marks.then……
i went to a student 's home about 30 miles away to help her with her two saori looms for her special needs daughter
saori ch60 loom info here fixed the looms and then upon leaving i walked out into a room with a invisable step down and fell very hard… ambulance to the hospital i could not walk for 12 days. horrible not close to home
in the hospital i got excelent care at good Samaritan how the rehab facility i was transfer to try to get me to walk was horrible i had to get home after 16 days of not walking!!!!
finely got home sept 26 walking only with a rollator very limited but no broken bones.
so after a week home i made it to my loom bench and decided to resume my yard a day for the second 15 days i needed to finish! all that black and grey was depressing so i added torn green fabric strips
i added black wool here and there so that when i washed it it would shrink in hot water
ruching ( slight ruffling) in places.
washed it worked! it felted causing ruching in places yea! it will be used as a piece of clothing ...
finished the 10 yards grey 10 more yards to go.. on to my next warp ...
i had a red cashmere warp on the piccolo 40 loom and because i could not wind a warp because not able to move much i carried on weaving my next 4 yards on the warp that was ready to go.
video of the cashmere pink and red 4 yards finished !
next up a blue cotton warp that had been threaded on a inside set 6 yards on a piccolo . my last yard a day push
let me tell you that the hours of days i spent weaving was physical therapy and it actually helped me a lot!
bright colors again were healing for me to weave
the first weaving off of the blue warp
starting the second blue warp weaving and final weaving taking be to my 30 yards goal with a hospital break in between same warp different color way in the weft .
i was going for a more tweedy look
i love this last weaving!
video of last on the 30 days 30 yards!
i did it, with a painful hospital detour in the middle but i finished my goal .
my PT guy said he never saw anyone come back so quickly from all those torn muscles ( no broken bones, no concussion ) i was fortunate. they were not sure i would be able to walk again it was a serious accident.
but saori weaving as PT and joy is helping me! yes i am still limping not close to 100% yet but slowly getting a bit better every day.
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JILL NICKOLENE SANDERS
