Saori weaving

Images via Koron007 Centuries ago, fabric was a rare and precious commodity only the wealthy could afford. So people treasured old and worn-out pieces of clothing to recycle and reuse in order to make new clothes. Thus the sakiori was born. Sakiori comes from the word "saki" which means to tear up or rip and "ori" which means weave. Recycling old fabric remnants into sakiori weavings follows the Japanese indispensable concept of “mottainai” or not wasting precious cloth that can prolong the…

Do you love texture? Do you have stash full of single skein yarns in your favourite colours? How about a varident reed and no idea how to use it? This is the perfect project. Get out your stash and weave it into a spectacular, cozy, unique saori-style wrap. This pattern will walk you through every step of using your varident reed. I’ve given all the information for the yarns and colours in the pictured scarf, but a companion blog will help you with colours and yarn substitutions if needed…

Welcome to a weaving studio where there are no mistakes, you learn , have fun, and create beautiful fiber arts with out ever having to have woven before . My name is Jill Sanders I own SAORI SANTA CRUZ studio in the rural redwood mountains of Santa Cruz county California. This is my 8th year since i opened up my Saori studio. This is Antoinette's scarf fresh off the loom! here is the studio class room early before students show up here is Lily and Gena weaving for the Saori learn to weave in…

You have heard of Saori. And you have seen freeform art weaving. But you are not sure how freeform art weaving differs from Saori. Here's a breakdown.

We curate vibrant and colourful exhibitions by local SAORI weavers.These exhibitions unite SAORI weavers, showing the boundless and creative potential that exists within and connects us all.

Welcome Dawn to Saori Santa Cruz designing and sewing clothing class! Lets look at how this progression class went from hand woven cloth to jacket Here is Dawn's happy hand woven fabric she wove Saori style and brought to class in her luggage from Canada . I had the studio all ready for cutting and sewing and trying on…. Dozens of muslins to try and finished garments as well for ideas….. Dawn confess that in her soaking stage of her finished cloth she some how felted part of it . …. you can…

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