Category: Clothing
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A Beginners’ Beguiling ways
I’ve probably posted about the joy of being a beginner here before but I’ve realised that they can have such an advantage in SAORI weaving because of their innocence perhaps. My number one beginner is actually my husband Dave. After a lifetime of living with a curiouweaver it was SAORI in Japan and a lack…
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Using a zero waste pattern vs Saori style
Different methods of creating a bias woven top and delving into the Xanthea pattern by Liz Haywood.
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Into confirmed uncertainty
Add a red riding hood to a woven wrap to keep the wolf at bay.
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Easy to Weave, Easy to Stitch
Perhaps this is a post that doesn’t need to be written up. But this little easy garment is one of the most made in Curiousweaver Studio. It’s for when you want a change from a scarf, something quick, something useful and versatile and something that shows off your individual Saori style. Recently I had correspondence…
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More Winter Clothes
There are times when cloth rolls off the looms and others where they are either in stasis or pending. This week caught some rolling off. This cloth is from ‘Be Bold, embrace the hi-vis and ugly colours‘. I love the autumn tones of the cloth and wrapped it around the mannequin lots of times to…
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Heathering the Squid
I’m back to the squid design again on a cloth that I really wasn’t comfortable weaving at first until I heathered the yarns. The warp was a clumsy mix of blues and striping effects in tans. A good combination I thought when I went with it but it just didn’t feel right once the shuttle…
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A week of weaverly wonder – Sturt Winter School
And yet again…Sturt’s total weave textile five day winter school is over. A wonderful mix of participants and an emerging Saori inspired woven textile community. This years mix had the international flavour with a couple of Kiwis. There were several brand new weavers, and some were returnees to Sturt which was delightful. There was alot…
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The Making of a Saori Garment
Back from Japan and so much to write I don’t know how to approach it all. So I thought I’d start with making a garment at Saori no Mori in Osaka with Hiromi. She is the resident staff designer with so many ideas. I took along my six metres of linen/cotton fabric to learn more…
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Weaving, not knitting, a jumper
Knitting creates wonderful and comfortable clothes. I’m a rather slow knitter and very dependent on patterns. So I’m always looking for ways to make my weaving work better for me in that department. Although it is cold enough for this type of jumper post in some places in the world I’m aware that jumpers are…