CENTERING WITH FIBER

Thursday, April 23, 2015

New Saori vest I wove plus one my student wove and studio visitors ...

A VERY BUSY MONTH! BUT I WANTED TO FINISH OFF THE LEFT OVER FROM THE WARP FROM MY TWIN CALLIOPE SCARVES
so I resleyed and wove and sewed and made a vest! I decided this should be named "not a scarf but a vest", vest.

I just love my Saori piccolo loom! THE PICCOLO LOOM it is great for 15" and under projects and sooo portable.

I walked down to the studio very early one morning and saw the sun streaming in on my warp for just a few seconds . I snapped the photos and few seconds later poof ...it had moved behind the trees and was gone.

off the loom

and here is my not a scarf but a vest , vest.

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My student Antoinette finished making her vest too…. I love hers toooo

Antoinette 's vest weaving coming off the loom

Twisting fringes! fringe twister

Measuring making alterations then cutting with excellent Gingher 8" spring loaded shears

Then pin and sew …..

So cute Antoinette! It looks fabulous on you!

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Some guests to the studio as well .If you want to come to the Saori Santa Cruz studio for spinning weaving etc appointments need to be made in advance

class and studio info

She loved the SAORI WARPING FRAME

AND SUNNY LOVED THE SAORI LOOM WX60 WITH THE 4" HIGH RISERS

Peaceful weaving in the redwoods

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Days 5, 6 Emily's Saori weaving retreat at Saori Santa Cruz

Day 5 and 6 peddle to the metal to finish the weaving so that Emily can sew her Saori tops!

and so Antoinette can weave her vest!!

Antoinette wore her cool jacket that she made at home last month to the class to share ...

weaving out on the teaching deck as the sun comes out..

a lot of weaving pprogressing

AND EMILY FINISHED!!!!

unfurled from the loom

gorgeous!

FRINGES TWISTED AND HER WEAVING WAS SOAKED and is DRYING

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LAST DAY 6

Time to cut out her pieces

Antoinette was still weaving her piece.

I really like it!

I did it!

pressing is very important...

pinned ...now sewing

I love it!!!

Jon came by to learn how thread his saori loom with the new warp that he wound at home .

love these colors!

Trying on her first top " it is beyond what I had envisioned,love the layers" yes she loves it!

champagne always is super fun, we toast to a great week Emily!!! thank you Jon for bring the bubbly !

Emily is off to the airport brimming full of many new techniques and new ways to to warp, weave, sew and design from the past week here immersed into Saori weaving .

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then …….

Kori dropped by right as Emily was leaving down the road. Kori SHARED with us her amazing new yardage all the blues are her hand dyed Indigo that she grew and dyed and most of the yarns for weft is hand spun and that she wove on her wx60 saori loom ...