Saori hand woven hats womans march 2108 happy Saori weavers and spinners at the studio

My  new  Saori hat design for womans march  2018  (more info further down in the blog )


Meet Lilly  who is back to  class to finish up her Saori  weaving.

  I love these SKI SHUTTLES FOR BULKY YARNS HERE and for fabric etc great for saori weaving !

  twisting fringes

 battery cord/ FRINGE TWISTER HERE

  Lilly adores her Saori weaving!!!

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 Tatiana bought a saoriwx60 loom… stay tuned for her upcoming classes…

  WILLIUM CARRRIED HER LOOM OUT

  A REINDER BENCH PAD AND BOOKS  WENT HOME TOO.

  will the Wx60 fit in THE mini cooper ?

 YES!!!!!!!! SEE YOU SOON TATIANA!    HAVE FUN!

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 SARAH taught her self to spin on with a Mayan  hand paddle spinner but wanted to try out and rent a spinning wheel 

 LEARNING TO SPIN ON A SPINING WHEEL class double drive castle wheel

she got to try out scotch tension too

 Bobbin lead Louet wheels too.

  plying from a lazy kate

  Sarah spun her first wheel spun skein  of blue faced Leister fiber  that is balanced!  SHE RENTED THE CLEMES AND CLEMES WHEEL FOR A FEW WEEKS TO PRACTICE .

SPINNING , WEAVING, AND SEWING CLASSES INFO HERE

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                                      MY WOMAN 'S MARCH 2018  PICK PUSSY HAT

  On my saori WX60 LOOM HERE i woven a few yards and used my hand spun weft too make kitty hast for my self an my daughter and my granddaughters this year.

  drafted a  hat design and lined it with cotton fabric

  and here they are ! all 5 of them!

  here we are at the march  in front of the food not bombs banner
i love the Sherlock  Homes  hat style (tie the ear flaps up )option for our california winters!

 Peaceful weaving , spinning and marching in coastal California

Jill N sanders

www.saorisantacruz.com

3 generations learn to weave at Saori Santa CRUZ

WELCOME  a new year and welcome to this wonderful family that  came to learn about weaving. Mom , dad, children, and ya ya grandmother.. 3 generations  and what fun they had!

  with Saori weaving there is no  prerequisite you come sit down and in a minute your are weaving
WANT TO TAKE A SAORI WEAVING CLASS ? saori santa cruz classes here 

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   my friends  and I gathered at a local coffee house to spin on saint distaffs day

 cute spinolution wheel Kariann borrowed  to spin  no and she loves it and the light weight small size.

 the cute spinolution pollywog here

  quite a few louet wheels in our group vintage s10 to the new louet s10c wheels here

 the 6 pound portable louet victoria wheel here

 the classic louet original design louet s10 single treadle here

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Henery Clemes from CLEMES AND CLEMES fiber tools 

came to the studio  with his wife to say hi and pick up an antique 150 year old   Norwegian wheel  he bought I had restored 

  see the niddy noddie on the bench? that is my  CLEMES AND CLEMES first and original niddy noddie like 49 years old i have had and used all these years! Henery said " oh my gosh i totally hand turned this niddy noddy!" yes they are made designrd and  made  the same  quality my all time favorite go to niddy noddy  for decades CLEMES AND CELMES NIDDY NODDY HERE

  Henery  and I  , he looked  at my clemes  and clemes modern wheel and answered questions for me

I still have my original clemes hand cards same vintage as the niddy noddy still working and made to last for decades.

I adore there ELITE DRUM CARDER too. the only drum carder that be manual or power 

CLEMES DRUM CARDERS HERE

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PEACEFUL WEAVING IN THE REWOODS

Jill N Sanders

WWW.SAORISANTACRUZ.COM

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