Category: Sakiori rag weaving
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Travelling by Making
You don’t have to leave home to travel when you have the textile love in you.
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Can’t get enough of weaving
This weekend saw the Crossing Threads duo and artist Christine Appleby brighten the studio. Kassandra and Lauren weave large commissioned art and I was interested in how this would play with a cloth weaving loom and it’s ability to weave length. Texture plus, thick threads, wools and sakiori strips made the work very lively and…
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Undaunted by Rain
Another magnificent Saori workshop at Old Bar. Undaunted by the downpours and much needed rain last week all of the participants bought finer weather to the area, thank goodness. Perhaps the rain in the air enhanced their weaving ways! Every participant did a magnificent piece or even two. And Anna came for a few days…
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Weavers! You are more than your rags
Weaving with rags is such a wonderful tradition. In Japan it is called sakiori. It’s one of the few things where old and worn out is a good thing. In fact it’s better than when it is new. Old worn clothing gets softer as the cloth breaks down and is laundered. The cloth I stripped…
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Sakiori Summer Weaving
I think my summer weaving is going to be centred around striping up fabric to weave. I really can’t feel right about throwing out old worn sheets and they either become painting drop sheets or yarn for weaving. With this lot I cram dyed them so I got blended colours that didn’t have that flat…