CENTERING WITH FIBER
192 FOLLOWERS
A blog about Saori hand weaving,sewing clothing from hand wovens and many fiber arts from felting to hand spinning to fiber dyeing.
CENTERING WITH FIBER
5d ago
much of my hand spun went into my tide pools jacket
here is my student Lea modeling it
i here i am with selfies
here is the saori yardage i wove a year and a half ago
basted looking good to go ahead ...
pockets done too
roopa trying the jacket on
and lea trying it on video
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
speaking of Lea she was taking a class in making her own warp yesterday
she chose monarch butterfly colors cotton warp ..read more
CENTERING WITH FIBER
5d ago
what a fun day!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Saai a special needs student wove a great scarf this month too!
saai did wonderful!
roopa saai's aid did a fun yellow sunny piece on the piccolo loom too.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Linda continues to learn about spinning she picked up her Louet drum carder and we had a class
LOUET DRUM CARDER CLICK HERE
and check out linda's Saori weaving she brought to show me
check out the cute saori skirt she made  ..read more
CENTERING WITH FIBER
1M ago
Rebecca came for a intro saori .class
she left with a fun wall hanging
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Molly has been a student for years off and on she came to learn how to wind a warp and make her own ready made warp using the Saori kenzo table top system
She wound two warps a rose pink and white cotton.
the wonderful Saori free standing warping frame
here is molly's white warp
the wonderful Saori table top system click here to see the table top beaming and threading holder
it &nb ..read more
CENTERING WITH FIBER
1M ago
students came to learn to spin and learn new skills
meet bonnie, she has alpaca (17) and a few llamas and was having trouble learning to spin on her wheel
i started bonnie out on the spinolution firefly to have her understand drafting without needing to worry about the treadling
we tried her Lady bug but she had a hard time keeping it going in the correct direction
so she also brought her Louet s15 and she i tried her on that and she did much better .
and she was plying as well! now to go home and pratice ..read more
CENTERING WITH FIBER
1M ago
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
meet mary , she got a gift certificate for 6 hour class a never before weaver
she chose many colors of bobbins, i velcroed 2 bobbin racks together so she had plenty of colors close to chose from
shuttle bobbin racks click here for bobbin racks here
a video of marys scarf comimg off the loom she loved all the colors click 2 times
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Saai and Roopa came . Saai in on the spectrum and has b ..read more
CENTERING WITH FIBER
1M ago
Meet Diana she came for 2 days of designing and sewing saori garments class here at SAORI SANTA CRUZ
this is the total yardage she brought
first piece we made a ruana because that is what diana wanted
she brought a top she loves so i made a pattern off of it and for the second piece we made a top
from that pattern
add a cowl neck line it turned out so cute !
second day we only had about 3 hours so diana wanted to sew some place mat tops from the saori red book
video of her ruana click twice on the video ..read more
CENTERING WITH FIBER
2M ago
linda is carding making a art batt. the LOUET DRUM CARDER here
the spinolution firefly wheel here
first carded batt hand spun small ball
linda brought her saori weaving so i could see it ! love love love it
linda is going to be spinning and using it in her saori weavings!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Saai is progressing with weaving remember she is on the spectrum as limited attention span so these weaving are amazing
soaked spun dry but not presseed yet look at tha ..read more
CENTERING WITH FIBER
2M ago
Bring family and friends to a saori weaving class it is very fun, no previous experience needed!
Anna's piece
saori folding wx60 loom here wx60 saori loom
anna lu's piece
BILLIE'S PIECE STILL ON THE LOOM HERE
two sisters and a friend came for a 2 hour saori class and loved it!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
classroom ready for a warping threading 2 day class with Mahika
saori classic ch60 loom here
DAY TWO WEAVING AND SEWING
off the loom ..read more
CENTERING WITH FIBER
3M ago
this is the year of the fingerless mitts for gifts! i wove them on my Saori piccolo 40 loom
with elastic thread in the weft
after the tension waslet off
Full of texture
saori piccolo loom here
woven up
i still have several pairs to sew up today
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Linda came to learn the saori art yarn maker
Creating art yarn on the spinning wheel
linda's amazing saori blanket
and great pillow!
and yardage fo ..read more
CENTERING WITH FIBER
4M ago
I love it when a want to be weaver comes to the studio to chose amount the models of Saori looms
which one fits their needs. meet two such weavers
***CLICK 2 OR 3 TIMES ON THE VIDEOS TO PLAY
Diane wanted a saori loom for years and she chose a wxt0 folding wood model saori loom. she need a class in threading the ready made warp so when she returned home and assembled her loom she could hand the threaded warp on it and start weaving right away!
she finished threading the saori threading holder lets you thread comfortabley away from the loom( not bent ..read more