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Wednesday, January 25, 2023

The big storms of January 2023 and classes at Saori Santa Cruz New Yarns in my etsy shop and more

we made it through the storms up here in the santa cruz mountains . 80 MPH gusts and over 12 inchs of rain in less than the week. the fires scared CZU  turned into mud sides , trees fell, power lines fell, roads and bridges collasped we lost power for 6 days straight . generators kept the freezer and fridge going so we did not lose food but no Internet, phone, it was very hard to be in the dark for  that long. 





 Biden came to Santa Cruz County here he is in Capitola Village which lost half his pier.





so i spun a little time  during the black out  i praticed my poodle yarn.



my spionlution ECHO wheel in my etsy shop here 




 I used my favorite pencil roving to make the poufs  it is northern lights by DM fibers in my etsy shop fiber section here lots of colors 
 fibers 











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look at the cute hip belt bags linda made! 



when students have sight issues the best way to thread a warp is to separate the heddle threading from the reed threading. this was linda's first threading of a ready made warp and we put it on her loom and she did not have any threading errors! and it was a 23' wide 300 warp! good job Linda!


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NEW IN MY ETSY SHOP

 Just finished a great  loom bag that will fit the piccolo 40 loom and the ashford 24" or 32" non folding rigid heddle looms LOOM BAG SECTION OF MY ETSY SHOP


 
THE SAORI YARN SHELF. I have always special ordered the yarn shelves 132 cone size or 252 cone size. But i never made a etsy listing for them. i have the smaller size in the pergola studio. i like it because they have 2 options for legs. and it does not need a wall to support it .




if you have the wall space the 252 shelf is amazing too 



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speaking of cones of yarn i have  some wonder new cones of  thick plied 100% cotton.


wonderful warp weft and a ground yarn for twisting using the saori bobbin winder and the saori art yarn maker  it is DK weight! very strong makes place matts too.





SAORI ART YARN MAKER CLICK HERE IN MY ETSY SHOP 







saori stand alone bobbin winder TABLE TOP BOBBIN WINDER HERE IN MY ETSY SHOP




use with the art yarn maker for wrist wraps etc 







wind bobbins 






 





  I have some 8/4 weight cottons too which are popular 


CHECK OUT MY YARNS IN MY ETSY  SHOP YARN SECTION yarn variety etsy shop section here


I have other yarn sections of my etsy shop too

like the wool and mohair yarn section 

 my favorite unusual textured wool cones 


 high quality mohair cones 





and my soft coned cotton cones  yarns sections 
fablous 





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PEACE THROUGH FIBERS
JILL NICKOLENE SANDERS




Tuesday, January 3, 2023

Bringing in 2023 with a spinning yarn class at Saori Santa Cruz

2023 come in with a lot of rain storms here in the santa cruz mountains. we have been in a drought for so many years this is welcoming but there are trees down, flooded creek and rivers, mud slides…. we will probably lose internet and powert but for today!!!!


Susan has a victoria Louet wheel with the art yarn kit assembled LOUET VICTORIA WHEEL HERE 
she wanted to learn art yarn spinning 

thick thin poodle yarn









 Andrea wanted to learn how to spin her emmu feathers


 love theSPINOLUTION FIREFLY Electric SPINNER here   18 hours built in battery!


Emmu feathers 









i Love the spinolution BESSIE LAZY KATE


susan learned" poodle "yarn !





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over the winter solstice i did some spindle spinning 



 my golding aroma therapy spindle i put Frankincense essential oil in it .
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sharing a secret i use this LED velcro finger light! it makes threading so much eaiser! I started selling them in my Etsy shop for sale LED finger light here

the threading of the reed it is fablous too!

  I DO NOT LIKE TO FLOOD MY THREADING AREA WITH BRIGHT OVERHEAD LIGHTS THIS
LED FINGER LIGHT IS PERFECT INEXPENSIVE AND WILL SPEED UP YOUR THREADING
 



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 check out my fiber in my etsy shop fiber section of my etsy shop 


happy new year 
peaceful weaving and spinning in the california redwoods
Jill N. Sanders