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2 March 2013

By George she's got it!

Well it took a bit of tactical bidding and avoidance of sniper bids but I managed to get the loom I was after...

(Fanfare)

It is the Saori foldable loom....




Nope I hadn't heard of it either but a Google search led to some really inetresting websites and a completely new way of addressing weaving....Free weaving.. the story behind these looms is documented on different sites including the Saori site itself...

"The Saori movement was started by Misao Jo, a Japanese woman who took up weaving at the age of 57 after a 20 year creative hiatus (when her passion for teaching freeform Ikebana wore her out physically and she became ill). Her desire to create cloth that looked as if it had been made by a human being led to spectacular success in the pricey boutiques- and another kind of burnout, when her retail clients began asking her to fill specific orders, for types of garment that sold well. She then swore off selling her cloth, and began to teach others to weave. Saori weaving is, basically, freeform weaving on a simple two-shaft loom. There are special Saori looms available- apparently easy to warp and accessible to people with all kinds of physical limitations. On the foot peddle loom the idea is to  work towards creating a piece of cloth that gives voice to your own personal creative spirit. Changing colours, using the many variations of plain weave as it pleases you, not worrying about neat selvedges, and only being aware of the small section of cloth that is being created in the moment.

Soooooo ... it is a philosophy of not worrying about how neat you can get the piece but just 'going with the flow'  that really appealed.

Can't wait to get creative .......










 

1 March 2013

Still here...just!

Well it is nearly a week since I tackled the creative 'mess' that is 'Pisky Cove' at the moment  and the news is ...I SURVIVED...Just!!!

The door can now be opened and my husband did a little jig in the space that now is his office as he now has space to move....the problem is I cant find a thing now!

It is no good,  the fact is creativity IS messy and I am pretty creative!




As well as sorting out my stash I have also been trying to get to grips with a Dryad countermarche loom....after weeks of struggling I sent to America for help in the form of this book....

As I awaited its arrival Murphy's law kicked in and I nearly cracked it, and my head, after another Saturday sat under the heddles ......


I Know it doesn't actually look impressive but believe me it is a major step forward!
The book is great as well and this Satuday may see it get warped properly..ooh er....

Also got to say good bye to Yarn Pisky 'BEAU'



she is off to a new home and will be taking with her a sister called  'DELIA' who will be born this weekend!!! I will post a picture as soon as she as she arrives... she is just a pale green foot at the mo!!!

'OLIVE' has already gone to her new home and is getting on very well I am told..


'ODDSOX' & 'OLIVE'

So that is about it for another week at the Cove I am chasing another loom so I will up date you on that if I can secure it and if you are strugging with a countermarche loom do send me a message and we can share our woes!!!



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