Tag: SAORI

  • The magic of wet finishing

    The top of the picture and the bottom of the picture are (I believe) the exact same number of rows in this cotton and rayon scarf. The bottom one has been wet finished – and not very gently handled. See how it becomes more of a cohesive fabric? This is my ninth warp, pictured earlier…

  • SAORI Nine

    Cotton and rayon scarf, another in my application for the local art show. For both this scarf and the last one, I made the warp long enough for two scarves. Are these two SAORI Nine A and B?

  • SAORI Eight

    So, I’m applying for a new, local show with both my beadwork and weaving; I’ve never sold my work at a show. Here’s one of my images. Not a great image by a long shot, but hopefully good enough to show the work. This scarf is wool and cotton, with a little rayon, silk, alpaca,…

  • SAORI Six

    A gift for a friend – it has been opened and I can share. This is mostly cotton, some rayon, a little superwash wool. It could be a shawl, or it could be cut up and made into something. I’ve got some single strands of heavier weight yarn inlays, a little bit of clasped weft…

  • SAORI Five

    I realized I forgot to blog this, a gift I made in July. It’s a mixture of mostly mohair and mohair blends, wool, and cotton. This was my first foray into mohair, and it was a bit of a challenge. I thought I was being smart by bracketing each mohair warp with a slick cotton…