CENTERING WITH FIBER

Monday, September 16, 2019

My Autumn 20019 Saori coat and other students weaving and spinning at Saori Santa Cruz

Autumn means i am itching to create new Saori clothing to sew. so here is my first piece.
i had my emptying bobbin saori yardage i wove last year which has many many colors from partial bobbins i needed to use them up in no particular order so i woven this yardage .

i chose to make a roomy over sized coat with pockets

almost 3/4 of the yarns in the weft are my hand spun yarns

with lots of fringe

i really had fun over the 3 days it took to design and sew this coat . it drapes well and is very cozy for the cool mornings of fall.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

meet Barett she is now a proud owner of a Saori ch60 loom and this is her first weavingi n a two day class to create a one of a kind scarf.

brett is trying on my Saori gauze middle earth silk jacket here

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
meet Mary she came for 2 days to learn to wind warps and use the the new kenzo system for threading because she has a new Saori ch60 -A-2 loom here ! the saori ch60-A-2 will accomidate her 5" 10" height comfortably

first up is the SAORI WARPING FRAME CLICK HERE it is unique because you can get the folding height adjustable easel stand for it which makes it free standing anywhere! i Adore this saori warping frame .

she wound a wool warp for a winter poncho

USING THE SAORI KENZO TABLE TOP SYSTEM click here is a real back saver and makes warping faster and easier nothing like it . beam on away from the loom thread harnesses away from the loom.

this was the end of the first day

DAY 2

Mary bought a saori inside set to take home her first threaded warp and put it on her her loom when she gets it assembled.

WHAT IS A SAORI INSIDE SET? it allows you to change out a weaving with out unthreading it and go bcak to again in like 10 minutes. a Saori exclusive that no other looms have .

more info on a saori inside set here

on her second day we tensioned her warp on the loom and took off the inside set for her take home all threaded!

she now used the the kenzo table top threading and beaming system for her scarf warp

she is taking her scarf warp home as a ready made warp she can thread it like any other saori ready made warp but she made it herself on the kenzo system.

another wonderful tool for weavers and spinners is the NANCY'S KNIT KNACKS BALL WINDER read about it here all wood heavy duty amazing

and the GLIMAKRA WOODEN SWIFT HERE A umbrella swift that is made in sweden and made to last a life time.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

peaceful weaving, spinning, and sewing in the redwoods

Jill Nickolene Sanders

WWW.SAORISANTACRUZ.COM

Saturday, September 14, 2019

Creating and Sewing Saori clothing Classes at Saori Santa Cruz Studio

Irene is an accomplished weaver, both tradtionally and Saori weabing.
she wove many many yards of fabric and brought it to the studio for 4 days of a sewing intensive classes.

not onlu are these wonderful saori woven pieces beautiful Irene hand spun and used her handsoun just about all the wefts! she is soo talented!!!

first piece done is her amazing red yardage into a coat.

second her blue green we made into a wrap

3rd is her purple we made into a vest

forth is her yellow yardage sewn into a jacket

so cute

5th silk and wool neutrals now a v est!

6th and last piece a long vest

colorful sakiori pocket

an amazing full 4 days !

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Lea came with her Saori fabric and we created and sewed a jacket and a vest….

and from scraps her vest!

she looks amazing in her new saori pieces!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Teresa wanted to weave enough in a class to make a hooded vest she wanted to buy the SAORI PICCOLO LOOM here too

it is only 15 lbs and she can use for travel in going back and forth to visit familhy in another state easily .

she is choosing her yarns

and started to weave

here she is creating her own combination or yarns with the saori cone winder attachment here

we moved inside to the studio as she wove on studio's piccolo i unboxed her new piccolo loom

she wanted to weave a ready made special warp i taught her how the thread on the table top
KENZO SYSTEM here

she got a saori inside set here that way she can change out here weaving with out re threading my favorite saori accessory and innovation!

tensioned and ready to go!

Teresa wanted to sew a sleevless vest and hood but did not get enough yardage done so we appliquéd her jeans jacket she brought along with sections of the saori weaving she did.