Category: Saori
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Woven Saori Shibori
I’m exploring Saori Woven Shibori experiments more and coming up with loads of deviations achievable with a simple two shaft plain weave loom. After this weekend workshop ,where two weavers went for it on a tencel warp I set up, I was amazed at just how fluid the process is. Gail’s work attracts orders whenever she…
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Wild Buttons
My last Craftsy tutorial was about creating Wild Woven Buttons. Using scrap Saori fabric or custom woven Saori fabric you can let your wild side show! If a button is merely a decorative embellishment and not a fastener you can go as wild as you like. Use the button blank as a scaffold to show off…
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The Start of Winter Weaving
Another great workshop completed last weekend and I was especially impressed with the ideas of the participants, including two who had been to the studio previously. Each participant came with such interesting life backgrounds and experiences which I think they imparted directly in their woven cloth. The cloth photographed here is by Caroline. Donni studied double weave…
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Growing of Weaving
Yesterday was coding and upgrading time. It’s not something I do everyday and it isn’t always without issues so I dance around the necessary job, cleaning the house more, weaving more, emailing more – anything to prevent the upgrade happening. I guess everyone is the same. I recently read that most people feel besieged nearly…
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Saori Woven Shibori Weekend
That’s a mouthful – “Saori Woven Shibori” But that’s what much of last weekend’s Saori cloth turned out to be. The full two day workshop was small but very inspiring and productive. It allowed more experimentation and the dyebath helped us along. As two of the participants were already Saori weavers and had done previous workshops…
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Book Club Weaves
Hot off the loom Trish conquered Saori in the recent Book Club Saori workshop. This was the first workshop in my new studio and once again incredibly rewarding. On arrival at a workshop I go through all the basics and let everyone know that each of them will produce a very different textile to the…
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Better than a Pool?
January is a busy family time for me. It’s one of the few and mostly only time I get alot of visitors in the year and I love it. All my little people (and not so little people) come and guess what – my Saori looms get a better workout than a pool! I’ve always wanted…
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The Thrill of Saori weaving and beyond
Occasionally, I get to share the joy of others when they pick up their new Saori looms. Here you can see Jayne, an experienced weaver, starting to weave on her new loom that she just finished threading. If customers can pick up their new looms from the studio they can usually stay a couple of…
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A single bangle doesn’t jangle
A favourite proverb of mine and totally apt to apply to my workshops and my work in general. We all learn from each other but in Saori workshops I see it more as a collective energy swirling around the room as beaters place each new row of weft onto the loom. My last group was…