Salt Spring Weaving Studio

Salt Spring Weaving Studio Weaving Studio in the woods. Saori Freestyle weaving classes, workshops and retreats.

05/24/2026

And there was weaving! Fantastic weaving. Clasped weft, lozenges, art yarn, decorative hem stitching, shadow weaving, figuring out if houndstooth could be incorporated using supplemental white warps on a back warp and more. Also figuring out variations for sleeves, measuring, looking at boat necked top ideas and lots of fun! A rice ball lunch on Friday from was a nice Japanese way to finish off the retreat.
Always great to have and at the studio!
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In the studio yesterday was creating some beautiful gradient warps!šŸ©·šŸ¤
05/23/2026

In the studio yesterday was creating some beautiful gradient warps!
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Fun studio day with and . Making Art Yarn today and of course some weaving - along with great conversations, talking a...
05/21/2026

Fun studio day with and . Making Art Yarn today and of course some weaving - along with great conversations, talking about Art Yarn spinning class possibilities with and indigo dyeing with . Oh and not to forget some plans for knitting too. A full, fun, fibre-y day!
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And another piece that I finished at Wyldflower. This one a jacket with a denim collar and cuffs. Itā€™s been fun to add...
05/16/2026

And another piece that I finished at Wyldflower. This one a jacket with a denim collar and cuffs. Itā€™s been fun to add fabric to accent the weaving.
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May is green month. My first small piece off the loom and now to continue with a longer piece. And yes, I realize I ha...
05/16/2026

May is green month. My first small piece off the loom and now to continue with a longer piece. And yes, I realize I havenā€™t posted more about Aprilā€¦Iā€™ll get to that.
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Another top that I completed at Wyldflower. This is the boat neck top - but without a boat neck. I sewed up the top se...
05/09/2026

Another top that I completed at Wyldflower. This is the boat neck top - but without a boat neck. I sewed up the top seam (leaving openings at the ends for the arms and then used a modified crew neck template from the Intermediate book.
Lots going on in the weaving - lozenges, a ruffle (mini-frill) and more. I used a pre-wound warp for this one.
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With the end of my yellow warp, I made a summer top. As it was a bit short, I added a piece of denim to the back - whic...
05/07/2026

With the end of my yellow warp, I made a summer top. As it was a bit short, I added a piece of denim to the back - which shows off the fringe. I then made a bias strip of denim for neck binding (thanks for teaching me). I made the neckline based on a template in the Intermediate book, but modified it so that this top can be worn with either as the front.
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April has been a real challenge for me. The colour of the month is ā€œAll Coloursā€. Sounds easy enough. I gathered all ...
04/15/2026

April has been a real challenge for me. The colour of the month is ā€œAll Coloursā€. Sounds easy enough. I gathered all the colours that are in my selection bowl - ROYGBIV plus black, white, grey, brown. Wound my warp with stripes of each and a little multi-colour band on the side. All good.
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Thenā€¦what to weave? I started my small piece like a colour gamp - very traditional. Not super happy with it.
I looked at the stripes and was daunted. So, some clasped weft? It helped. A multi-colour variegated yarn? Nope. Some thick yarn that helped hide the stripes? Meh. So I just didnā€™t weave for a while.
Do I do a new warp? Do I pick a different colour?
Hmmmmā€¦
Today I sat at the loom, wondering.
Well it so happened that I was visiting Lorrieā€™s to see the new lambs the other day and she wanted a quick refresher on the comb reed.
Then, I thought of the amazing weavings that Eiji Jo does with the comb reed. Many of them have stripes of colour (not as many as mine does, but still)ā€¦an idea at least.
Yes! I think it will work. At least for now until another idea comes my way!
Anyone with other thoughts or possibilities?

04/01/2026

March was orange month in my year-long journey through the colours šŸŠ. This month I asked Alan to collaborate with me and find some things around the island that are orange to photograph.
I made my short orange piece (posted earlier), my long orange weaving, plus a woven mƶbius scarf.
Interesting to see what Alan found around town in the colour orange. Note - there is a copper pot that I didnā€™t think fit the colour profile - but photographerā€™s choice - it stayed in šŸ™‚
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March is orange month. Exploring and so far mostly orangeā€¦!šŸ§”
03/18/2026

March is orange month. Exploring and so far mostly orangeā€¦!
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