Weaving a Life

I finished my first Cherry Blossom weaving a while ago, but was waiting for the stars to align a beautiful Salt Spring Island sunset to take some photos.

Finally, we had the day the time to go and enjoy the sunset. It helped that the next day I had to take it in to be on display for the ArtCraft show!

Wow!

Well, before the sun set, Alan took some photos of the ‘Cherry Blossom Shrug’.

Now, more cherry blossom warp to work on, so more to come. I already have the next warp made for my Project Spectrum East - yellow ready to go.

Weave every day - that should do it!

Happy Weaving,
Terri

My website: www.saorisaltspring.com

Inspired by this Storm Cloud Shawlette and Project Spectrum - North, I decided to use up the green yarn I had leftover from making the shawl for my mom’s St. Patrick’s Day birthday.

The next week at my weaving class I brought out Petra (my model) to see if I could get some photos of the shawlette.

The “Fashionistas” in my Saori Weaving Class wanted to help and to see how many ways they could put the shawl on Petra…

Or on themselves…

Great ideas! I can’t wait to see some of their Saori clothing design!

Happy Weaving,
Terri
My website www.saorisaltspring.com

Over the past few weeks I have been receiving pictures of a project that my aunt and uncle have been working on. It is great to see it develop…

Here’s my uncle weaving on their Saori loom …

And here is the finished cloth …

Then, my aunt took the cloth and made a cushion for one of their outdoor benches …

Isn’t it great? I love the colours - it looks so fresh and so comfortable. And hey, it fits in with Project Spectrum - both North and East - with the green and the yellow!

Way to go!

Happy Weaving,
Terri

My website: www.saorisaltspring.com

Meg in Nelson has created another Small Scarf Virtual Exhibition with participants from a variety of locations. She says:

“Let’s weave a small scarf and show it to each other.” That’s the brief for our Small Scarf Exhibition. And weavers around the world went our merry ways creating just that, or in some cases, just those! We hope you enjoy viewing our wee gems as much as we enjoyed making them.

There is a link to the gallery through her blog which is here.

Enjoy!

Happy Weaving,
Terri

My website: www.saorisaltspring.com

Although the cherry blossoms are almost finished here on Salt Spring Island, my weaving isn’t yet. Perhaps there are areas north where the blossom trees are still in bloom!

I have been gathering up many pink yarns of varying shades, weights and materials and doing more of my weaving….

more to do….

Happy Weaving & Happy Mother’s Day!
Terri
My website: www.saorisaltspring.com

Interesting…most of my inspiration usually translates into weaving these days, but this is the second knitting project that has come out of the first phase of Project Spectrum - green, stones, winter & earth.

I loved some of the patterns of stones and the earthy colours and chose a yarn and a pattern that I thought reflected that (photos on my previous post here).

So, we went for a hike up Mt. Erskine and I took my knitting along. Of course, we had to have some photos of it there - it is such a gorgeous lookout!

On the needles it gets larger and larger and so the circular needles were great. Every stitch is increased every other row - so what starts out with not too many stitches grows and grows. On the needles, you can’t really see what it is going to be like.

Then when it comes off the needles I could see why the name is Curly Q…

We put the scarf on a hook in the arbutus tree that usually has a hummingbird feeder hanging from it…we only had it there for a few minutes, but the hummingbirds were buzzing Alan and wondering where their food had gone….

…we quickly replaced the feeder! Here is a close-up of the design…

Fun to make!

Happy Knitting!
Terri

My website: www.saorisaltspring.com

Spring seemed slow to come this year, but when it did all the blossom trees were (and are) so beautiful to see. We were out one day and I was inspired by the many shades of pink and so I decided that my next Saori weaving would be a “Cherry Blossom” weaving.

So, I set up my loom this past week with a shades of pink warp and have just started my weaving. I put on an 8-metre warp, so I’ll have lots to play with and many things to try. I hope to do my ‘weaving every day’ and see how it evolves.

I’ll keep you posted.

Happy Weaving,
Terri

My website: www.saorisaltspring.com

One of the weavers at my studio has decided to weave her traditional tartan in an non-traditional way. The warp is set up with one repeat of the tartan sequence as found on a website (MacLachlan Tartans)…see the image here.

32 black, 32 blue, 6 green, 32 blue, 32 black, 4 red, 4 black, 4 red, 4 black, 32 red, 4 black, 4 red, 4 black

and she is weaving it in a Saori style.

I love the look of it and the whole idea of starting with something traditional and then making it in her own way.

Beautiful - I look forward to seeing the finished piece - which she plans to make into a sash!

Happy Weaving,
Terri

My website: www.saorisaltspring.com

Project Spectrum is currently focusing on:

NORTH (March/April)
Color: Green
Material: Stones/Gems/Rocks
Season: Winter
Element: Earth

Some Salt Spring Island photos of inspiration for me …

I decided to knit a ‘verona-style’ shawl (as described by Lolly - Lolly Knits). It is a cross between a scarf and a shawl and can be worn in different ways.

Ms. Snickers inspects the finished shawl…

Another way to wear it. I love how the colours reflect the mossy colours of the background

I have enjoyed this simple knitting, while travelling on the ferry, while watching TV, while waiting or just to relax. A simple stockinette stitch - knit one row, purl one row …

Happy Knitting, Weaving, and whatever else you might be doing for Project Spectrum….
Terri

Shhh…don’t tell my mom - it’s her belated birthday present!

My website: www.saorisaltspring.com

Tom and Tanya came for a visit in February - to get to the coast…

to experience a bit of springtime - they thought. (Spring has been a bit late this year - oooh that must be ccccold!)
And to spend time at Honeysuckle Cottage….

While they were here Tanya was introduced to Saori weaving …

She and Tom spent time at the studio weaving together…

two different styles - both amazing….

I loved it!! And so did they…..

Happy Weaving,
Terri

My website: www.saorisaltspring.com