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SAORI Woven Organic Dress

Submitted by SaoriSaltSpring on Mon, 12/05/2011 - 12:58am
Project
Draft: 
Plain weave
Project Status: 
Finished
Project Date: 
Sat, 10/01/2011 - Mon, 11/21/2011
Yarn
Yarn:
Color:
Type:
Loom
Loom Used: 
Saori SX-60
Number of Shafts: 
2
Number of Treadles: 
2
Sett: 
12.00 EPI
Length on Loom: 
6.00 m
Notes: 

This fabric for this dress was woven on a SAORI loom by Tara on a ready-made organic cotton warp from Saorinomori in Japan.  The fabric was made into the finished dress based on a design in one of the SAORI pattern books and modified and sewn collaboratively by me, with Tara's input and assistance.

You can read more about it on my blog - here.

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Exploring apples

Submitted by SaoriSaltSpring on Tue, 09/06/2011 - 10:55am
Project
Draft: 
Plain weave
Project Status: 
Finished
Yarn
Yarn: 8/2 cotton
Color: green
Type: warp
Loom
Number of Shafts: 
2
Number of Treadles: 
2
Sett: 
10.00 EPI
Length on Loom: 
2.00 m
Width on Loom: 
8.00 in
Finished Length: 
35.00 in
Finished Width: 
5.00 in
Notes: 

This was part of the P2P2 challenge.  One of the photos I received was of Granny Smith apples.  The image inspired this weaving.

More on my blog.

Happy Weaving!

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Saori Saturday Banner

Submitted by kendrick43 on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 2:17pm
Project
Project Status: 
Weaving
Project Date: 
Fri, 06/17/2011 - Wed, 06/22/2011
Yarn
Yarn:
Color:
Type:
Loom
Loom Used: 
8 Harness Floor Loom
Number of Shafts: 
8
Number of Treadles: 
10
Sett: 
8.00 EPI
Length on Loom: 
4.00 yd
Width on Loom: 
15.50 in
Finished Length: 
10.00 ft
Notes: 

Group from last weaving class here all day to weave and have fun.  Got a Saori banner going.  Weaving on garden loom, and in the fence, and also on individual looms brought with.  Finished on 6/22/11 at over 10 feet long!  Might be too long to hang outside on the new weaving frame.

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100 Mile Fibre

Submitted by SaoriSaltSpring on Thu, 06/02/2011 - 10:51am
Project
Draft: 
Plain weave
Project Status: 
Finishing
Project Date: 
Sun, 05/29/2011
Yarn
Yarn:
Color:
Type:
Loom
Number of Shafts: 
2
Number of Treadles: 
2
Sett: 
8.00 EPI
Width on Loom: 
10.00 in
Notes: 

This was set up for the 100 Mile Fleece & Fibre festival in the Parksville/Coombes area of BC.  I took my loom with the local Salt Spring fibres and invited people to try it out.  Have taken it off the loom and will wash and felt it and make it into a 100 Mile Bag.

More info on my blog here.

Happy Weaving!

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Saori hats

Submitted by SaoriSaltSpring on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 7:07pm
Project
Draft: 
Plain weave
Project Status: 
Finished
Yarn
Yarn:
Color:
Type:
Loom
Number of Shafts: 
2
Number of Treadles: 
2
Sett: 
10.00 EPI
Width on Loom: 
15.00 in
Notes: 

More info on my blog.

This is a woven hat on top of a straw hat - I love the two together.

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Blossom Tunic

Submitted by SaoriSaltSpring on Mon, 05/09/2011 - 9:23pm
Project
Project Status: 
Finished
Yarn
Yarn:
Color:
Type:
Loom
Loom Used: 
Saori SX-60
Number of Shafts: 
2
Number of Treadles: 
2
Sett: 
10.00 EPI
Notes: 

Inspired by Cherry Blossoms and woven on the warp remaining from the Sendai Blossom Banner (see my project page).  The narrow warp determined the style of the finished top.

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Blossom Banner

Submitted by SaoriSaltSpring on Fri, 04/29/2011 - 8:56am
Project
Project Status: 
Finished
Yarn
Yarn:
Color:
Type:
Loom
Number of Shafts: 
2
Number of Treadles: 
2
Notes: 

This banner was woven at the Blossom Festival on Salt Spring Island - celebrating the Cherry Blossom season.  The activities were raising funds for Japan for their recovery from the recent earthquake and tsunami.  I set up my Saori loom and invited people help to weave a banner for Sendai, Japan.  I also cut out some 'blossoms' for people to write messages on.

I took the finished banner to Hawaii to a SAORI Workshop to give to Kenzo and Naoto Jo - who were sending it on to the Saori studio in Sendai.  More details and pictures are on my blog...

Blog posts - creating & finished

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Blue Ruffled Saori Scarf

Submitted by suzyhok on Thu, 04/28/2011 - 10:55am
Project
Project Status: 
Finished
Project Date: 
Sun, 04/03/2011 - Fri, 04/22/2011
Yarn
Yarn:
Color:
Type:
Loom
Number of Shafts: 
4
Number of Treadles: 
4
Notes: 

 

Another playful scarf woven in a saori way… ruffled by pulling pairs of perle cotton in the warp.

I wound a 7 yard warp of leftover bits of wool, handspun, novelty yarns and 2 sets of 4 perle cotton in the center separated by 4 worsted wool. I used lots of my old, old, very old handspun yarn in blues, wine colors and green and added bits of unspun mohair.

I love playing around and discovering a variety of interesting weave structures that I create using my 8 shaft Mighty Wolf as a 4 shaft directly tied up loom. By dropping the treadles on either side of the center 4 treadles, my feet can easily feel where I want to be and I can dance across the treadles!

I have more warp left for a second long narrow scarf. My biggest decision - should I ruffle this one too?

 

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Indecision

Submitted by kendrick43 on Tue, 04/19/2011 - 5:44pm
Project
Project Status: 
Finished
Project Date: 
Wed, 04/10/1991 - Sat, 04/13/1991
Yarn
Yarn:
Color:
Type:
Loom
Number of Shafts: 
2
Number of Treadles: 
2
Sett: 
8.00 EPI
Length on Loom: 
2.00 yd
Width on Loom: 
10.00 in
Notes: 

Had to come up with something I could take to a weaving get-together so I warped the Cricket, brought some Noro and rayon chenille and went to town. Saori style banner.

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New Beginnings

Submitted by SaoriSaltSpring on Sun, 01/09/2011 - 12:45pm
Project
Draft: 
Plain weave
Project Status: 
Weaving
Project Date: 
Sat, 01/01/2011
Yarn
Yarn:
Color:
Type:
Loom
Loom Used: 
Saori SX-60
Number of Shafts: 
2
Number of Treadles: 
2
Sett: 
12.00 EPI
Notes: 

Background to this weaving is on my blog at http://www.saltspringweaving.com/blog/?p...

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