Winding warps with my saori warping frame at Saori Santa Cruz Studio

 October came in hot but with cooler mornings!  I love weaving spinning and warping outside .I wound 4 warps in the month of september .  a warp week for the month,

I  use the Saori Kenzo table top system to make My own premade warps ,  I threaded one in my SAORI inside set and will store the others to thread later all beamed on in neat rolls!

 I wound this cotton warp  number 2 in greys and chartreuse 

my number 3 warp from september is in cool blues ,( first was in yellows last blog) cottons

 I adore my ASHFORD 6 CONE THREADING HOLDER HERE

 I can arrange my yarn gathering quickly wind a warp with out  hiccups  or catching and dragging yarns from  letting them roll around  on the floor getting  caught in irritating threading holders with those pig tail guides 

I take my light weight saori warping frame with folding stand here anywhere becaue it is free standing I do not need a wall to support it . 

 

it is fun  and fast to wind warps when you have the right equipment . 

My fourth and final warp from september is using my hand spun art yarns 

 here is my gathering  of  my handspun skeins I hand wound into balls

I will weave this warp into a throw. by sewing two sections together. I  have  super large inserted eye heddles I replaced my heddles on the saori loom with to accomidate my art yarns.

I sprinkle mohair yarns in between my art yarns . It adds a nice halo to my throws. and weavings 

MOHAIR CONES IN MY ETSY SHOP HERE

you do not spin yarn? no worries i have textured  wool yarns on cones here that weave up fast  here wool yarns on cones  

 to weave with these  bulky yarns and mohair I use a a bifurcated  Swedish  ski shuttles SKI SHUTTLES HERE

I also use the  large saori boat shuttle with long ex large  saori bobbins here Large boat shuttle here

peaceful warping and weaving in the redwood mountains 

Jill Nickolene Sanders

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Threading away from the loom with the brilliant Saori Kenzo table top system, Siru rigid heddle loom art yarn scarf , student finishes her saori scarf

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Antoniette had been weaving her scarf in August , went on vacation and came back this week  to finish it . I love her folkloric colors !

I  would wear this scarf right now! LOVE IT!  she wove a wonderful scarf ! sign up and come weave a scarf! no previous weaving experience needed !

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Wanting to use some of my art yarn stash  so i warped and wove a scarf with my hand spun on my 

SIRU rigid heddle loom

 

i tried a new way to direct warp with my glimakra raddle 

Siru heddels come in 3 sizes i needed a larger one for my art yarn so i hacked a ashford rigid heddle 

( i sell ashford rh looms in my new etsy shop) it works perfectly! it only took 15 minutes change . a hack saw was i needed.

and  beaming on with out going through the heddle worked!

i love trying out new ideas i have though up. 

Siru rigid heddle loom  click here to buy  

in my new  etsy shop CENTERINGWITHFIBER

this loom is sturdy and strong , a lot of fun.

 my art yarn that i spun and used in this scarf 

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  Just had to wind a happy cotton warp for my saori loom. i wanted it yellow! so i gathered my yarns and and wound a warp on my saori warping frame 

saori free standing 14 yard warping frame here

 take off the warp WITH OUT CHAINING! and place it in a bag .

 i can not tell you how much i love the Saori warping frame ! along with it i love the ASHFORD 6 CONE THREADING HOLDER HERE i wound a 12 yard warp 280 ends in about an hour. winding 5 at a time for the KENZO TABLE TOP SYSTEM 

beam your warps comfortably standing in front of and turning the  handled beam  after you have placed the warp in the built in dividing rod ( raddle)

 all beamed on now trim the ends to be even 

no leaning over the loom for hours thread the harneses and reed on the table top comfortably pick up  the inside set and take to your loom and hang it all threaded! Tension hook up treadles in minutes you are weaving . 

KENZO TABLE TOP BEAMING AND THREADING UNIT HERE 

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lets talk yarn, cotton yarn  i have many yarns in my etsy shop here etsy shop sections yarns 

here are 3 yarn  cotton cone sets in 3 different weights 

8/2 the thinner weight great for warps and weft. 8/4 a bit thicker for both warp and weft  , and 4/4 great for textures and bags, and rugs and place mats

also i have these soft cotton yartns in another section of my etsy shop

yarn cotton cones here

PEACEFUL WEAVING IN THE REDWOODS 

Jill Nickolene Sanders

my Saori Etsy shop here saorisantacruz on Etsy here

my Etsy shop for rigid heddel looms like siru and ashford table looms CENTERINGWITHFIBER ETSY SHOP HERE

 reopened in June from covid shut down. contact me you will have needed  to have had your covid  vaccines and wear a wear a mask