Category: Saori

I have previously written about spindle weaves, and how useful a spindle is for preparing yarn, especially overspun, for directly weaving onto the loom. Spindles and wheels are capable of doing alot of yarn for a project. However, for just a short burst of here and there overspun collapse weave effect the Saori loom bobbin…

At times in my studio I just feel so fortunate! How could I have been so lucky to stumble on weaving in my life?

What a fantastic conclusion to the first two day Saori workshop at the Manning Regional Art Gallery. I am so inspired by the partipants enthusiasm and their own intuitive approach to creating weave textile ideas. Starting with a selection of a  cone of colour that appealed, each weaver gradually built their own ideas and experimentation of…

Creation is really about creating the wow factor isn’t it. In some way that’s what we’re after. Subtle or loudly, I want to create that hidden surprise in a textile in some form. Lyn has just completed her second Saori weave and you can see the wow factor in the table runner is so great that…

Remarkably weaving the Saori way goes beyond an enjoyable activity and art in our lives. It can actually extend the senses and become a way of communicating with the world around you. Carmel from Studio Artes in Sydney can be seen in this youtube video immersing herself in the cloth she weaves. Carmel, who is…

Saori Japan is so inventive with its products and working methods. See how you can use the bobbin winder to ply interesting yarns for weaving. It’s not something that can be as easily achieved with a wheel or spindle. It plys the yarn with a s twist then its opposite the z twist. Very effective with…