PHEW! I completed this haori just in time for our FIber Guild of the Savannahs annual show and sale at the gallery S.P.A.C.E. I took it over there yesterday with my other items for the hanging, but I needed to take it home to do some finishing touches -- like sew the front binding on! I delivered it this morning 3/31 and the show is up and looking wonderful! The opening reception is April 9th – 4-7pm and the show will be open the entire month of April.
The inspiration for the colors of this haori was the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. I watched as much of the events as I could and at each venue banners of blues and greens flew in the background. My favorite LYS, Wild Fibres was having a moving-down-the-road sale and I picked up some wonderful wool blends in a variety of blues and greens and I was all set. I used the same threading as Peter’s haori and tied on a navy worsted wool warp (instead of Peter’s more earthy brown) to the original warp. I added a couple inches on each side to accommodate my more ample girth and I was good to go.
I worried that I would not be able to finish my haori in time for the show. I started winding the warp Saturday 3/20 and took it off the loom and washed it last Saturday, 3/27. I was able to start sewing it the next day and with work, volunteer events, dinner out with friends and a great Tour of Savannah Homes… I finally finished sewing it together Tuesday morning. Enough was completed to reserve some wall space in the show and today (Wednesday) my haori is happily hanging in the show. PHEW!
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