Finally finished replacement of the two outdoor Saori banners and got them hung nicely on the cedar frame. These banners were both woven on the four harness Baby Wolf, which is my go-to loom for this type of weaving lately. Hopefully, they will hold up outdoors for a couple of years. The last two are now hanging in a friend's back yard tea house, after getting a bit of a touch up with some acrylic paints! We spent the day yesterday "staining" some of the faded sections of the old banners and it seems to have worked. They have a fresh new look to them again. Next, Chula needs a facelift.
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Hosted the third Saori-Style Weaving Day here in San Marcos on Saturday, June 1st. Nine weavers and one non-weaver in attendance. We got started with the weaving at about 10:30, took a break for lunch, and came back and wove until the banner was finished. We also had a very special long-distance guest, via Facetime, Jill Sanders from Saorisantacruz in California who told us a little bit about how she got started weaving Saori. She also encouraged the group to enjoy the free-style weaving. We also had a very nice drum ceremony, courtesy of Zanna, calling in the four directions and blessing our weaving. I think everyone thoroughly enjoyed the experience of this type of weaving and just being in the company of these wonderfully, creative women. I warped the loom ahead of time with colors representing those in attendance and everyone brought some yarn to contribute that was representative of them in the weaving. We always draw a name and this time Zanna got to take the weaving home with her. My plan is to do this until everyone has a banner to keep for themselves. Below are some photos of the banner and the group.
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Lydia Kendrick, Fiber Artist, self-employed, home studio business in San Marcos, Texas Archives
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