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Saturday, January 2, 2016

Welcome 2016, new Saori weavers, Saori Piccolo LOOM harness upgrade.

A short blog welcoming in 2016! New  Saori weavers
Myjah and a good freind so enjoyed there Saori try it class here at the studio

  It is always magical how never before weavers can sit at the SAORI LOOM WITH  A MINUTE OF INSTRUCTION AND WEAVE THESE beautiful pieces!




  AMAZING
  What fun an delightul day for two friends visiting for the hoidays.
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I have enjoyed my Piccolo Saori LOOM (s) for 6 years now. taught on them and wove on them. they are light weight a sheer delight! There is a upgrade kit for the harnesses. i have had them for months but just getting around to switching mine over!
 here they are wooden sides for the piccolo  harnesses. I have three piccolos in the studio and so yesterday I started to change over the harnesses with the upgrade kits. please email me for more info if you would like to adapt your over and buy a set.  saori santacruz email

   here I am removing  with vice grips or pliers the  end caps




  Hammer the wooden pieces with a mallet in quite a ways, set the end cap on . poof done in no time! 2 down 14 to go!






 A photo of my freinds piccolo with the upgraded wood harness kit.




  I have had a sinus infection  for weeks so my crhistmas day and new years day personal  fibery things never occurred this year I rested  and healed ! But I  hope today  to get started weaving  I am almost prepared! and feeling much better.


PEACEFUL WEAVING IN THE REDWOODS
Jill Nickolene Sanders





Saori weaving clases mommy and me and freinds sharing

Starting the new year with  Saori weaving classes this past week
Aylissa and her daughter Dahlia learned together just how fun  easy and expressive Saori weaving is.


It has been unseasonably cold here in northern california but perfectly sung and warm in the studio for inside  fiber activites 
Six year old Dahila took to Saori  weaving on the Piccolo right away and was content and happy ! The two hours just flew by.


 Aylissa tried on my Saori hat


  And the SHADOWS OF MIDDLE EARTH SILK JACKET HERE



 More student start arriving for classes
 

  Look how much weaving Dalhia  and Aylissa wove and such nice pieces to take home !


What a fun mommy  and me class!

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 Mary amd Mellissa are freinds from Michigan visiting  each other in California. They are both seasoned weavers and always wanted to try out Saori weaving. They scheduled a TRY IT CLASS HERE
  This a cool recycled plastic bag tote she wove I had to take a photo of! Plastic bags never looked so good! we do not get red plastic bags here in Santa cruz.

They really enjoyed the ease and quietness of the SAORI WX60 LOOMS

  I showed the the the amazing Saori COMB REED HERE . what fun they had adding craming and skipping warps WITH NO RETHREADING!




Then they wanted to try on some of my Saori woven and designed clothing.


 this is the PORTALS TUNIC FROM PLY MAGAZINE THIS WINTER EDITION HERE


  IT LOOKS SO GOOD ON HER!

  and on mellissa !


 ICE PALACE GLIMMERING RUANA and ONE SLEEVE STOLE

 The sparkles is real time are amazing and the  lovely . the one sleeve stole went  home with Melissa.
 The Saori hat went home with Mary! 

  Tying  her weaving on to a branch from our property





PEACEFUL WEAVING IN THE REDWOODS
Jill Nickolene Sanders