Getting Sassy at the Cove!

Well yesterday poor Kev struggled with the Saori loom -named Sassy as my husband whistled when he saw her - but brought her safe and sound!  What a star....has asked me to 'go for lighter items next time please' lol!
Needed an orange juice after that bless him! Many thanks Kev.

So inside this box is a loom that I hope will be spot on for my free weaving style that I have read is the 'Saori Way' I hope I have an inner 'free weaver' or we may just be sat looking at each other Sassy and I!!

Right the next task was to drag the box into the lounge and have a look!

My boy Bill decided that it was officially a really big box and should be opened at once as long as it didn't interfere with his toy box!  so I did as I was told!

Mikki just wanted me to get on with it! I swear he is saying 'what's in the box mum whats in the box?'

At this point Billy tag teamed with Lola who took over the investigations into the contents of the box....

 I was getting really excited to get my hands on this new loom.....but my excitement didn't match the fun that the box was bringing to the furries...

Like in a big game of pass the parcel  the next layer of the box, really well packaged I have to say, began to tempt with its contents...

Seeing this mass of bits I crossed my fingers and hoped that it really was simple enough for me to understand and put together without getting frustrated...(glancing menacingly at my countermarche loom by the door).

Well I needn't have worried.  Apart from having to suss out the mechanism for moving the warp on within 5mins the loom looked like this....

Also in the box was a bag of bits and the all important Soari book.  It documents the philosophy and the many uses that the Saori loom can be put to....doesn't make a cuppa though! most disappointing lol!

Mikki took charge of the instruction manual....didn't have the heart to tell him it was upside down!

I have since read the book and I get it! Both the methodology and the usage!  Now I can't wait to get started only one thing left to do......WARP! oh man the downside to weaving has got to be setting up your warp threads.....Wonder if the Emperor needs some new clothes...no warp needed for those!

Oh by the way in the process of stocking my Esty store so I would love it if you would pop over and have a look! Ta!

https://www.etsy.com/shop/PiskyCove

Hello ...goodbye!

Late Monday night Delia was finally born... it wasn't an easy creation as I wasn't happy with her eyes and had to experiment to get them right..........

So she is off to her new home already as a Mother's day pressie and has taken Beau with her!

Hiding in a cupboard waiting to be collected!

The next yarn Pisky has already got a job to do ...she is going to a local cake emporium to become part of a gorgeous display around a pastel rainbow wedding cake...so she is next on the to-do list..quite apt she is a 'to-do' ready for an 'i do'!

Might have a go at extreme knitting and crochet as well and I have an Easter bunny pattern in my head that is dying to get out!!!!

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...

Saori Links

• Curious Weaver
• Freedom Weavers Studio
• Loop of the Loom
• Saori Berkeley
• Saori Global
• Saori Japan
• Saori No Mori
• Saori Salt Spring
• Saori Santa Cruz
• Saori Studio “Fun”
• SAORI Studio LA
• Saori Worcester

"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 .......

 

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!!!

It's the Weekend .... yippeee.... but got to get to grips with a trashed spare room!

Well its all go at Wingletang major works are underway as we give the old girl a complete face and roof lift! However this means that 'Pisky Cove' has moved wholesale back to the Midlands as Wingletang will be uninhabitable for a few months. 

So moving from a full studio with a sea view I am now working from a bungalow with no studio!!!!!! To say I have made a mess of 83 is a bit mild SO this weekend it is time to get organised, I shall tie some rope around my waist and head in.........

for some reason my husband feels his office has got smaller since I landed....!

My spinning wheels have found themselves good places to rest!

As a  treat I am using my newly spun lambswool, Romney and Jacob mixed 'Wingletang Wool' for a carpet bag project ..

watch this space... tidiying first fun after!

P.s I haven't been twiddling my thumbs I have managed a bit of spinning......

New Family at Pisky Cove!

New Year and time to welcome a new family to Pisky Cove....

Proud to introduce

 'The Yarn Piskies'....

The 'girls'....

'Oddsox' 'Olive'

'violet'  'Beau'

Violet 'glows' in ultraviolet light-she has her own ultraviolet torch/pen to bring to her new

home so she can be seen in all her glory!

Beau is waiting to be adopted by someone special...she fancies being a Christening or Birthday present where she can share in an occasion! She likes the limelight!

Oddsox and Olive are the best of friends but Olive is off to a new home shortly...so Oddsox will need a new friend..watch this space!

Pisky ears

 The older girls have developed their pointy ears but the youngsters have yet to grow theirs!

 Oddsox and  Olive

Beau

The girls are created in the tradition of 'rag dolls' being soft, cute and floppy.

Stuffed with safety standard filling they are created from a mix of hand washable wools.

Each Pisky is individually crafted in yarn from their face to their toes!

Adoption

Should you wish to adopt a Yarn Pisky then applications can be made here...

pisky.cove@googlemail.com


Each Pisky comes with their own adoption certificate stating their name date of birth and any special abilities....for which an adoption fee of between £28 and £32 will be charged!

Should you want a Pisky who was 'born' on a special date then that can be arranged!!!

Just contact me here at the Cove.... pop back as new Pisky's will be coming  up for adoption shortly...... 

Welcome to Pisky Cove!

Click on shop to view my creations and follow the links to purchase them.

Also I will be bringing you the latest news from the Wingletang studio so watch this space!

Cayte x