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Sunday, March 19, 2023

learn to weaving tecniques at Saori Santa Cruz , a student weaves a Saori blanket and Spinning wheel classes too!



 the California atmospheric river storms keep coming this is our 12th  storm this year! students arrive from other states in spite of the gnarly road conditions for classes here at the studio .

meet Joi, she has taken a few classes from saori studios around the country and she brought a few pieces she wove to show me. Her class was a all day weave a scarf class where I taught her some new tecniques 



She has a color preference she prefers black greys red and oranges.


EVEN IN THE RAIN STORM THE STUDIO IS READY





 Joi showing me a couple of woven pieces she did at some other studios a few months ago.

I taught her tab fringes right from the start for her scarf 


 she learned fast  

 and clasped weft 
 ta da all done! only twisting fringes and i soaked her scarf in hot water with 


video of Joi unfurling her finished scarf





A over 80" Saori scarf  that wraped around twice woven in a day that turned out fabulous !

wonderful  saori weaving day.


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OH MY GODDESS  check out Linda's Saori blanket she wove! she needs to sew the last of the 3 sections together and add fringes ! It is a stunner!


the SAORI CH60 LOOM CLICK HERE 



 love her colors and textures !




NO COIL SAFETY PINS CLICK HERE regular safety pins catch with the coil and can ruin you weaving, it has happen to me,  i had to get wire cutters to remove the coil regular safety pins. that is why i only use no coil safety pins which are hard to find.


EUCLAN WOOL WASH CLICK HERE  the original eucalyptus oil and lanolin ! 


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Meet Trudie . she is an accomplished spinner and weaver BUT her Lendrum wheel was not giving her the bulky singles yarn she needed for her tapestry/rugs . She tried out the lout s10 C. at the studio in a class and she produced the loveliest singles! 




 she brought her churro fiber to sample in class . 




For the louet s10 c wheel click here  it is a reliable sturdy wheel  from Holland which has proven it's self for over 70 years  it has the capacity  for accessories for a bulky flyer and bobbins as well. it comes apart to break down in just a minute for travel.

Trudie sold her old wheel and bought the Louet s10C another Louet convert spinner !


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what have i been up too? i spun this skein and left it as my inconsistent  single which i love!





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printing  with stencils some cotton tote bags for my students and buyers of the Saori Kenzo system 
to have a bag to put their wound warp bout in to carry to the table for beaming on.
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finely a day in the 60's warm enough to dry them out before heat setting video















PEACEFUL WEAVING AND SPINNING IN THE COSTAL REDWOODS
JILL NICKOLENE SANDERS


NEW SPECIAL  SAORI WARPS!!!!  it is so fun to have some Saori warps waiting for you while you finish your current project ! if you have a Saori inside set you can thread them waiting to be hung on your loom right away. SAORI 60 SIZE INSIDE SETS  OR SAORI PICCOLO SIZE 


saori angora , and cashmere warps click here THESE WILL FIT THE 60 LOOMS AND PICCOLO LOOM 



saori 24' wide cashmere warps click here THESE ARE WIDER SPECIAL WARPS THEY WILL ONLY FIT THE THE 60 (24') OR WX90 WIDTH  SAORI LOOMS 


COTTON SAORI WARPS CLICK HERE THESE WILL FIT THE 60 LOOMS AND PICCOLO LOOM 



tweedySILK SAORI LIMITTED WARPS CLICK HERE  THESE WILL FIT THE 60 LOOMS AND PICCOLO LOOM 

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Wednesday, March 1, 2023

SAORI SANTA CRUZ SNOW WEAVERS !

 

 we have not had snow but once lightly dusted in the 90's  that melted off in 2 hours decades ago!
THIS SNOW STORM IS AMAZING

snug in the studio

gentle snow  the day before  




 the 3 students made it!!!! 


















shoveling snow? yes!!!






 had 4 students that wanted to come even with the snow 
one student did not make it highway 17 was closed down, snow, trees down 
but 3 others made it 1 1/2  hours late and had  detours, road closed and 1/2 mile from the studio a semi truck got stuck an held them up but they made it!

 thank you susan for these tow truck photos!



 susans weaving 
 chris's weaving 
Andrea 's weaving










 a video of the snow weavers 










 THE SNOW WEAVERS LOVED IT!
and Andrea bought a Saori loom  and took it home! 

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MEET DEBORAH !
she tried 2 times to make it to the studio for her  try it weaving class in January 
the rain storms atmospheric river 9 storms in a row 
closed roads  not once but  twice! finely just before the snow storms came she finely  made it and wove the cutest cowl !








 twisting fringes on her cowl video!


battery fringe and cord twister buy click here  in my ETSY SHOP




ch60 saori loom 



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 how cute and warm and cool is Deborah's cowl! " I have a brooch thatb was my mom's i am going to use to pin it closed i love my cowl"

peaceful weaving in california redwoods
Jill N Sanders