CENTERING WITH FIBER: Weaving Saori Hats Class

Sunday, April 17, 2016

Weaving Saori Hats Class

I am catching up on my last week students and activities before I write about the Makersfaire .
first….Three students for a Saori Santa Cruz TRY IT CLASS what fun they had and My Saori Hat class !

Thrums and bits of treasures make weaving exciting and creative!

Jen did amazing for her first weaving ever! wow

Janet fell in love with the saori WX60 LOOM

Happy peaceful and fun … Saori weaving..
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Rainy came down from Oregon to visit a cousin in Santa Cruz County and she scheduled a few days of classes at the studio , she wanted to weave a couple of Saori hats …… so Antoinette came to practice winding a warp and to weave a hat as well.

DAY 1

Choosing yarns for her color pallet...

THE SAORI WARPING FAME WITH 2 LEGS

SAORI CROSS HOLDER INSTEAD OF LEASE STICKS

SAORI THREADING HOLDER thread away fromthe loom comfortably

Antoinette's saori hat warp that she wound

Rainy preping to to beam on her warp...

AT End of the first day learn she learned to wind a warp on the Saori warping frame 5 threads at a time tecnique with just your thumb( enough for 2 saori hats), and how to use the saori cross holder and the saori threading holder and how to beam on her warp.

DAY2

Antoinette shows up for class with her great saori dress she wove and sewed! I love this dress!

trying on my Big Sur hand owven Saori ruana

Rainy is ready to start weaving so she is winding bobbins .
All Saori Looms have built in bobbin winders...

Antoinette is threading but I will hold her hat on the Saori inside set till her ankle surgery is over and she is healed… wishing you fast healing nettie! don't you just love her Saori dress! What is a inside set? INSIDE SET HERE

First Saori hat woven and off the loom.

Braiding

I just love her cap!!!

RAINY'S FIRST SAORI HAT DONE!

See you tomorrow Rainy to finish the second Saori hat on the second half of the warp!…...

DAY 3

…...Third dayRainy is back to weaving off the last hat!