October Saori woven Mobius cowl classes, spining on a golding drop spindle class and more.

As the fall equinox came so did students come to Saori Santa Cruz.

spinners and weavers. Rainey came from Oregon for my Mobious cowl scarf class and Antoinette   decided to weave one as well !

First I want you to see on the best most balanced and beautiful  Drop spindles ever made in the USA in Vermont . GOLDING SPINDLES "THE SHEPHERDS FLOCK " HERE

 IN MY ETSY SHOP

my student learned in a short while  ( about a hour ) how to draft on the golding  spindle. it  makes learning a brezze. no more wobbles, and stopped spining after only 3 seconds  on inferior spindles.

 The Golding spindles  can spin 30 or more seconds!

  then I  moved her to a LOUET SPINNING WHEEL HERE  she plied her two balls of  spindle spun on the wheel and did beautifully! spinning yarn classes in Santa Cruz here

 She will be spinning more at home but she is well on her way to  spinning beautiful yarn

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Rainy came for a weave a saori cowl class

 She started out winding her warp on the unique Saori warping frame which makes fast work of winding because you can wind 5 threads at a time with just using your thumb for the cross!

 sleying the reed

 

 Still on the first day rainey threaded her just finished wound warp away from the loom  with the clever Saori  Threading holder here which holds  BOTH THE REED AND THE HEDDLES !

 warp tensioned and ready to weave tomorrow beautiful!!

day 2

  Day two the cowl weaving commences !

  ALL of my student Rave about my the scissors i put at each loom SCISSORS HERE 

  Antoinette  threading her ready made warp..

 a saori ready made warp in blues

  and Rainy is ready to weave in  her warps ends as weft! almost done!

  Ta da the cowl is off the loom!

she and I both used the BATTERY FRINGE TWISTER HERE to wind our fringes

  I love all the tecniques she used in her weaving !

 so darn cute

but before she left for the airport the hand spun wool big sur ruanna  that I wove designed and spun yarns for  was on her mind ...she coveted it  and decided it was a must have for the damp Oregon winters around the corner  she bought ….it it looks fantastic on her too!

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Vicky bought a saori loom about 6 weeks ago and she creating amazing fabrics here is one of  her latest tops!

 and top 2!

 future yardage maybe a poncho?

  and this one in progress a square neck top! gauzey weave! beauiful Vicky! wow !
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  We had a Maven meeting  and KAI at the studio  to hearld in the autum

 brenda showing her award wining skein of art  yarn...

Lea showing her new tecnique 

 jeanette working of her hand spun piece.

 Shar learning three color clasped weft on the SAORI PICCOLO LOOM HERE

JON WEAVING ON THE SAORI  WX60 WOOD FOLDING LOOM here

thank you mavens ( and jon)!!!!! a really great day!

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  Catilin came to try out the CLEMES AND CLEMES drum carder here and fell in love with it
she bought the manual part of the Elite convertable and some day may add the power base . the worlds only  convertable drum carder from manual to power easily. the elite sits on a table with NO CLAMPS NO SPECIAL POSITIONS AT THE EDGES BECAUSE THE HANDLE CLEARS THE TABLE WITHOUT IT HAVING TO  BE ON THE EDGE!

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 I am am thrilled cooler morning and evenings have arrived and the leaves are turning and warm fuzzys are on my mind again.
PEACEFUL  weaving and spinning in  the california redwoods

Jill Nickolene  Sanders

WWW.SAORISANTACRUZ.COM

MY ETSY SHOP

 the new purl and loop in my shop  sample loom here

Learning to spin on a drop spindle Ashford rigid heddle loom weaving into a jacket

What happened to August? what happen to summer this year? Poof it is gone!

I wove some wool yardage about 6 months ago  link to that past blog weaving out of my hand spun carded and dyed yarns 

This past week I designed and sewed  a  shorter cropped jacket  for layering from that hand spun hand woven yardage with  a Saori  woven front edge facing. 

 cascade of yarns down the back 

 or flip them to the front

 ….and use the cascade  fringes as a scarf

 Was it easy to sew? Not really.. very lumpy bummpy being carful not to sew my finger with the machine! But it is light weight EVEN though it is bulky!  very confy I envision Iris Apfel wearing  this with a huge bangle and chunky necklace!
it looks grand with jeans under neath  a long sleeved top!
a medium /large size  to fit all but the thinnest sizes  ...FOR SALE in my Etsy shop here

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Several new spinners 

 Meet Zeka, she is a grad student at UCSC and and took to spinning well and beautifully!

 PLYING

niddy nodding off a tiny first spun ever skein!

 learning to use hand cards to blend fibers…

 Deha  is returning back to spinning after a 10 year break

  The  hands do remember !

  niddy nodding off  her 2 ply yarn She wants to return latter  to try a spinning wheel …she has  a few lbs of fiber destined for a sweater or maybe weaving?

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  long times freinds reunited and visiting the studio for a morning of weaving together as the dads watch the kids at home!

 It is good to get away for a day or a few hours even check out my classes Saori Santa Cruz classes to schedule
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Meet Sahetti

 She is Autistic and her family came with her  to introduce her Saori weaving

 Manju her mother learned right along side .  Sahetti learned in just a few minutes and was happily weaving!

 Durning short breaks she woven on the  spheres  and was very clear on which colors she loved the most and wanted next!

 here is the beautiful  first weaving from Manju

 the Saori WX60 loom is perfect for her. she needed the  2" height risers here

here is Sahetti's  amazing forst time ever weaving ! thrilled they will return!!! A  fantastic wonderful girl!
 A loom is in her near future… this is  just the beginning of a beautiful journey. Saori weaving is for all ages and abilities ….

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indigo dyed yarns from last week's dip!!!!

  and even a pot holder from dyed cotton put holder loops!

 Peaceful weaving and spinning  in the red wood mountains
Jill Nickolene Sanders

my web site www.saorisantacruz.com
my Etsy shop


new to my etsy shop sample looms here  that fit into your purse or tote

and new crepe wool with some rayon  wool crepe cones ( limited amounts )