You are so incredibly kind, this comment made me tear up!! ❤❤❤ Thank you so much for the love and for your support, it really means so much to me 🥰

Your chocolate comment always brings me so much joy 🥰 Thank you so much!!!

Thank you so, so much!! 🥰🥰🥰

This makes me so happy to hear 🥲 Thank you so much for watching, and happy weaving!! ❤

Oh my gosh, you are SO sweet! Thank you!!! It was so nice to meet you today 🥹❤️

Thank you so much 🥹💕 I definitely feel better about the fabric nowadays! I think I was just out of my comfort zone and feeling a little bit weird about that 🤣 PS: I ended up sewing a garment with that fabric about a week ago, and hope to have a video up about that process sometime this summer!

Thank you so much for watching 🥰I'm now a huge advocate for daily practice because it really did change my whole perspective on weaving!!

Thank you so much 🥰 Those black warps are magical!!

🤣❤ Thank you so much!! That means so much to me!

Oh my gosh, thank you SO much!! That means a whole lot to me 🥹💕

Thank you so much!! Happy weaving 🥰

I just found this video. Did she make anything with the fabric. I would really like to see the results.

Not sure actually. I haven't looked for the follow up. Sorry.

Way to go andrea ! Of course i adore it! Glad my idea of weaving 30 yards in 30 days by weaving a yard a day for a month , which i love to do inspired you! I just want to hug all that yummy yardage ! Love your videos😍

Thank you so much!! 🥰 I have no idea what I'm going to sew yet! My school semester is starting up again so I'm not sure when I'll have the time.. Maybe if I have a slow week I can sneak off to my sewing machine 😉

@@nickolena Thank you SO much for this idea, Jill! 😘Did you notice your huge sparkly/coiled art yarn scraps in my crazy blue/orange weaving? 😉 Your scraps 100% inspired me to let go and just go for it because I loved them so much and was holding onto them waiting for the "perfect" moment and realized the colors exactly matched my weaving, so the moment ended up being perfect! Those scraps are what changed that whole moment for me. Thank you 🥰🥰🥰

It's hard to let go at first, but once you see the finished fabric, it'll feel so good!! ❤ Happy weaving!!

Also this is very Saori... looking through eyes that shine!

Thank you so much, that means so much to me! 🥰🥰🥰

Thank you so much for watching!! ❤ I think you will love the experience of this challenge because it really does help you bond with your loom (I know that sounds so corny, but it's so true!! 😂). I have nooooo clue when I'll be able to sew with any of these fabrics. Hopefully, I can sneak away from my school work and maybe spend a weekend making a quick shirt or a jacket, but odds are, I'm going to have to wait for the summertime 🥲 I honestly still have a huge sewing mental block that I'm still working through... We can motivate each other 😂❤ I'd love to see what you make!!

@@AndreaAlexander I'll let you know when I get brave enough to give sewing a go!

Ooooh I'd love to see 30 meters on a RHL!! Have an amazing time with both of your projects, they sound so exciting 😃❤ Also I had no clue you could do that with the cloth beam and I am absolutely going to try that next time!!

I promise I'm not sponsored by Saori at all, but I REALLY do love their pre-wound warps 😂 They really do make warping/weaving feel totally effortless, especially these huge warps where the weaving seems to go on forever! And yes, I absolutely still love Saori-style weaving!! My first semester of weaving at FIT was very focused on "perfect/consistent" weave structures and honestly, changing my headspace from Saori weaving to this kind of weaving was not easy in the beginning. I felt limited by the expectations to create something "practical" that meets a teacher's expectations, which is very opposite to the Saori philosophy and how I'm used to weaving, so I really struggled at first to find any joy in my in-class projects. I had to convince myself to start thinking of these two activities as completely different creative experiences. Like yes, they're both weaving, but they just involve totally different mindsets and philosophies and techniques and etc. Once I could see my school work as totally separate from Saori, I found my groove and now I'm excited to take more and more complex weaving classes. I absolutely want to continue Saori-style weaving on the side, and both practices will inform one another! Sorry for the long rant, I hope it made sense 😅❤ If you already have a loom, you don't necessarily need a Saori to enjoy this kind of weaving practice because you can just ignore all but two harnesses and you have the exact same thing! The pre-wound warps are a huge plus, though 😅

@@AndreaAlexander I'm glad you found a way to enjoy both styles of weaving. I hope you do more videos on Saori style and also show us what you do with all your cloth!

Thank you for the compliment!! 🥰 I don't know why I hated that fabric so much while I was working on it, but it's definitely grown on me 🤣

It was definitely a hard challenge! 😂 thank you so much for your kindness ❤️ I made that piece on the wall when I was at SAORI no Mori in Japan!

Thank you so much!! I hope you have fun with it 🥰 For my project, I used a 100% cotton warp and wove with a whooooooole bunch of different yarns for my weft (cotton, wool, acrylic, silk, blends, etc) and the fabrics turned out totally fine because I only either wash my fabrics by hand or on cold/delicate wash cycles. If I were to toss these fabrics into a very hot wash, the yarns would shrink differently (the wool will shrink the most) and create some funky textured fabrics, which can be REALLY fun if you're into experimentation! But if you want to mix fibers and play it safe, stick to cold washes and it'll turn out fine ☺

@@AndreaAlexander That’s great 😀 thank you for your reply.

Thank you!! I used quite a few different patterns for my jackets, some from the Saori Black Book, some I made up, and some from miscellaneous patterns that I found on Etsy. Was there any garment in particular that you'd like to know the pattern for? 😃

@@AndreaAlexander the first jacket with the turned back collar. Loved that design

It's a "Saori Clipping Rod"! I got mine from Saori Santa Cruz on Etsy.

no need to use God's name in vain.

The projects are kind of scattered around my channel, but I ended up bringing a lot of the fabrics to San Diego to sew them into garments! I have a little series of San Diego Saori Studio vlogs, if you want to check those out 🥹❤️

Thanks, I will look for that. I would like to learn to weave patterns on the loom, I think.

Around 1-2 hours, depending on how complicated the weaving was!

“Sewist” is a word to describe someone who sews! 🤗

@@AndreaAlexander Well you just taught me something then! I had never heard that before. I thought, she must have meant seamstress, but then I just saw that that means someone who sews professionally. Keep up the good work! :)

@@laurierich3309 Thank you so much!! I also tend to use "sewist" instead of "sewer" because I don't like thinking about sewage systems when writing about crafting 🤣❤

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