Category: Special Saori Tutorials
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Add wonder with two shuttle weaving
Two shuttles for weaving add yet another dimension of possibilities to your weaving.
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Ombre and Gradients
Ombres and gradients are easy to build and a joy to weave. This technique brightens a day.
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Warping in Isolation!
How are you going? What are you creating? What are you reading? Try warping.
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The Art Yarn Maker
The Saori Art Yarn Maker is a nifty, addictive and playful tool to keep you making your own yarns for weaving. It helps you create short lengths of unique yarn using the on board bobbin winder on the Saori loom. Basically you tie together several lengths of yarn and attach them at one end to…
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Which Warping Method?
Any method of warping can be used on the Saori loom but Saori have developed a selection of innovative and comfortable options to make it easier, more comfortable and more expedient. Here is a review of each method and when you would use a particular method. When warping and beaming a warp onto a loom…
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Using the Saori Shuttle Shelf
The Saori shuttle shelf can be attached to any of the folding and traditional Saori looms. It is attached in a few minutes and creates a shelf on each side of the beater to rest the shuttle. It also increases the width of the shuttle race, preventing opportunities for the shuttle to fall. The shelf changes…
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Catching the Cloth
Sometimes we get cloth overload on our Saori looms. Different to other small table looms, the foot power gets us weaving long lengths quickly. After a few metres you can find that the cloth wound onto the cloth beam really builds out its space and starts to connect a bit much on the knees, especially…
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Using an Inside Set
The SAORI ‘inside set’ is one of the most versatile features of the SAORI looms. From one loom you can have many projects ongoing on many different warps. Use a set for your children to weave on while your weaving can continue uninterrupted. You can use a pre-wound warp or your own custom warp on…
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Extending the Pre-wound Warp
When you weave with a pre-wound warp, especially the first time, you will come to the end and see the warp threads taped to the cardboard tube and unable to weave any further.