NOTE: Both options will be available for purchase shortly.
132 cones $500
252 cones $894
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saoristudioLA (at) earthlink (dot) net
This is a listing for ONE SAORI Yarn shelf, in one of two sizes- They hold either 132 cones, or 252 cones. These itrmsship unassembled.
SAORI’s yarn shelf is designed by Kenzo Jo for displaying SAORI cone yarns beautifully and usefully. There are 2 kinds of shelves for different needs.
The shelf has leg attachments and it can stand by itself. The shelf can be placed in front of the wall, or in the middle of the room as a kind of screen.
Approximate sizes of pegs on the Yarn Shelf -132 and 252
Width of each peg: 1.5cm (0.6in)
Length of each peg: 12cm (4.7in)
Distance between two pegs: 7cm (2.8in)
Yarn Shelf 132
SAORI Yarn shelf 132
Dimensions:| Height: 140cm (100cm with lower leg attachments) Width: 98.5cm Depth: 60cm (40cm with lower leg attachments) Weight: 10.2kg Approximate time for assembly: 1 hour Number of cones that can be displayed: 132
SAORI Yarn shelf 132 ($560)
The shelf 132 comes with two kinds of leg attachments. One of them is a longer attachment to make the shelf 40cm above the floor, which makes the shelf accessible for the people on a wheelchair. Another leg attachment is the low type, which is the same as the ones of the shelf 252. With lower legs attached, the shelf 132 can be placed on a counter or other furniture you have.
Yarn Shelf 252 ($1,002)
Dimensions: Height: 183cm Width: 98cm Depth: 40cm Weight: 16.8kg Approximate time for assembly: 2 hours
Number of cones that can be displayed: 252*. With carefully designed leg attachments, this shelf basically stands on its own, but we strongly recommend you have the shelf lean against the wall at the top, because with 252 cones displayed, the total weight would be as much as 70kg.
At SAORINOMORI, they place 3 units of Shelf 252 by a wall, and 1 prototype unit on the other wall making the yarn shelf inhabit two corners at the studio. Without being connected or joined, the shelf can look as if it is one big yarn shelf. In total, there are more than 1,000 cones of yarns displayed at the corner.
I always reimburse for any shipping overage paid. I have to estimate a larger amount to cover potential shipping to the opposite coast, as I ship from Southern California. I WILL reimburse you, so please don’t panic if the shipping cost seems inordinately high!
Please feel free to email with any questions. saoristudioLA (at) earthlink (dot) net
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This listing is for the SAORI SX60H loom – Foldable Model with Longer Metal Tubing.
Please note that this loom is a taller version of the SX60 loom. If you want a regular size loom, this is not the one! Please see the other listings for the SX60, WX60 or WX90 loom.
This loom comes in the one size (taller) only, which is different to the WX60 loom which comes in “regular” size, but can add in 2″ or 4″ height extenders.
Also, take note that the photo of the folded loom is the actual SX60H and the other photo is of the regular size SX60. I wanted to have photos of the loom folded and open.
The SX60H loom has a longer metal tubing, which makes the position of the breast beam 74cm (about 29 inches) away from the floor. This is 5cm (about 2 inches) higher than the SX60 loom. It gives more space for the comfort of taller weavers. The SX60H loom has a space and holes for another warp roller, with which you can enjoy double beam weaving by purchasing an extra warp roller.
SAORI SX60H Loom
Loom Dimensions: Width: 73cm (28″) Depth: 73cm (28″) / 23cm (9″) when folded Height: 104cm (41″) / 114cm (45″) when folded Weaving Width: 60cm (23″) The height to the breast beam: 70cm (27″) =5cm (2″) higher than SX60 The height to the cloth roller: 64cm (25″) = 5 cm (2″) higher than SX
I have estimated shipping costs here but cannot know until I have your address and am at Fed Ex what the exact shipping cost will be, which will include insurance.
I will need your phone # for shipping, please.
Depending on your location, If shipping cost is more than quoted, I will ask for the overage. If cost is less than quoted here, I will reimburse you, as I always do for any shipping overage paid.
Please feel free to email or convo me with any questions.
This is a listing for one (or multiple) 12 cone sets of gold top cashmere cones from SAORI, Japan. Choose which set you’d like from the drop-down menu. The price listed is for ONE set of 12 cones. ($410 per set).
These are amazing. and the woven cloth becomes so light and fluffy and so soft to wear!
Each set has 12 colors of 48 to choose from! Or if you feel you cannot possibly choose, then what the heck… buy ’em all!
Stats from SAORI, Japan:
The Regular Cashmere has 48 color-variations.
Regular Cashmere: 2/20, Pure Cashmere 100%,
Weight per cone: 50g, approximately 500m per cone
Good for warp and weft.
Good for all kinds of weaving.
When you have finished weaving, wash 3 times longer than regular wool to give a soft and nice feel to the cloth.
Take note that cashmere will shrink by 1/3 of it’s size after its washed, in both length and width.
There are four different sets in these Regular Cashmere-gold topped sets: A, B, C and D
Each set includes 12 cones.
Set A contains #1~12,
B contains #13~24,
C contains #25~36,
D contains #37~48.
Please choose from the drop down menu for the set you would like (A, B, C or D).
In January, 2018, our Beloved, Inspiring, Revolutionary, Misao Jo left us, ten days into the New Year. She was 104 years old. Misao-sensei enjoyed one last holiday time of rest and preparation for the New Year with her family, and then on the tenth day of that new year, she moved beyond.
Misao was so many things to so many people. When I met her she wasn’t really verbal anymore. But the energy of who she was/who she is, could be felt without words. She would take interest in our woven cloth. She would look at it and touch it and nod her head. The cloth. It was the common language through which we would connect. We would sit next to her by the warmth of the fire on cool autumn mornings as she drank her hot chocolate. I would wish her good morning, or ohayou gozaimasu and repeatedly thank her, in words and in thought transmission for all that she was, and has done, for myself and for countless others.
I brought Trader Joe’s maple leaf cookies for her on my past two trips to Japan and she devoured them. She never lost her sense of taste or desire for food. She had sake every night with dinner and anago (eel.) These were but a few of her elixirs to long life, as well as SAORI weaving, of course!
She was 104 years old and her inimitable spirit was strong, even if she did not weigh much and became like a sparrow in her diminishing stature. Her spirit and essence were like that of an eagle. One could sense that aspect of who she was, even though she was not actively teaching any more. Her body of teachings through videos and writings are voluminous. Not so mention her woven cloth, her calligraphy work and her documented history through various media interviews and stories written about her.
I wished so much to have been able to experience (and comprehend) her teachings when she was still vital in all capacities. If I could wiggle my nose, ‘Bewitched’ style and could be fully literate in Japanese, as would be my number one wish, I would read and listen to her extensive volumes of teachings and talks, and of course, weave, always weave. Weaving is the gateway to access this understanding to ourselves.
But, being that Misao sensei did not speak English, and my Japanese proficiency is rather limited to knowing days of the week, saying how delicious a food was, thanking someone for a meal, excusing myself for leaving a setting before others, telling someone to be careful, etc… this limited knowledge of Nihongo does not extend to philosophy and prose, which Misao so eloquently shared with her students. We non-Japanese speakers must be content with reading the few English translations that are available as books and watching a subtitled DVD, which gives a sense of her essence, her command and her passion.
That passion! How life changing this has been. For myself and for so many others…It becomes a drug, and elixir that once drunk from that well, cannot be quelled. We must have more. We must share it. We must weave. We share with friends. We make clothing from our woven cloth which expresses our individuality, There is only one like us. “Each person is like a flower, each one beautiful, each unique”. It becomes a never-ending journey that fulfills ourselves, our souls, our life. Gives our life meaning. Helps us to connect with and understand our soul’s purpose. This thing that we cannot name, but we can. It is SAORI. It is Misao sensei. She gave us this. She planted the seed in us, through non-verbal transmission, it reaches us through her sons, her family, through her passion which was endless and vibrant and beyond creativity, but the essence of life itself. She gave us this. Or, we had it already, buried deep within, but she reminded us of it. She gave us the tools to draw it out, to invite it to blossom, to bloom, to expand, for us to become our fullest selves. She did this and gave us this way, to not judge ourselves, to allow this expression to be called forth.
This gift, this flowering, this encouragement and way of being. Utterly life changing for so so many.
I wrote in an earlier post that Misao Jo changed so many lives with her one life. She did. It is extraordinary. Her intention was to plant the seeds and have SAORI spread all over the world, that we may all weave freely, without thought or intention, just to let it emerge. And this is happening. It has happened. And it will continue to grow and transform more and more people’s lives.
Misao said once that she was a miner, digging out rocks from the earth. And we were the rocks. And that by understanding the philosophy and weaving in this way we would become a radiant gemstone. Polishing ourselves through weaving. Our true self. Our essence, without judgement.
I have no real words to describe how much the life and work of Misao Jo has impacted my life. It has been life changing, liberating, ecstatic, truly freeing. And I know that it does the same for every other person for whom SAORI has touched. It does that. It is my full intention and life work to continue to share and spread her word.
I forgot to mention JOY. This is the essence of SAORI weaving. To find one’s essence is to be joyful, to embrace life, to affirm our presence here in this very topsy turvy world. We have our individuality and our connection with others in the collective to affirm our reason for being. And by accessing that joyful creativity, channeling that energy, we become that. We can become joy itself.
I have gratitude, eternally, for the sheer luck (or grace), that I somehow came upon SAORI. And that is has changed my life in so many ways. And I hear the same thing from so many others for whom this has done the very same.
Thank you Misao. You may be gone in body, but we vow to continue your work and continue to share the seeds of your vision and all that you gave us will continue to bloom, everlasting. Thank you for being. Thank you for having been such an amazing inspiration for all of us.
Light speed to you, dear sensei. Our hearts are heavy with your leaving, but your body of work continues.
Laura Roveda January 15, 2018 Los Angeles, California
Materials: wood, metal, plastic caps on reed cap rubber bobbin winder
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SAORI WX90 LOOM: made of beautiful wood and foldable for transport and storage.
The loom can come assembled for pick up only, but for shipping cannot be assembled, it will ship as is (not assembled). Parts are numbered for easier assembly. If you are local and picking up, it may be possible to assemble the loom for you. Please enquire.
PLEASE NOTE: As of January 1, 2020 there will be a $25 additional charge for assembling the loom for pick up. Thank you for your understanding.
Please note also, that this loom does not come with any warps. Those must be purchased separately.
SHIPPING COST IS A SEPARATE COST FROM THE LOOM PURCHASE. The $80 listed here is considered a deposit for the shipping. I am not able to leave this blank on this page. If the cost is higher, I will ask you to pay the difference owed. Because of varying costs to different locations, it is impossible to know what the shipping cost will be. I ship Fed Ex with insurance. I am guessing the range will be from around $90-$140, but this is only a guesstimate. It could be higher or lower.
*Shipping cost must be paid in full before loom is shipped* I will contact you with the shipping cost and will ship after this has been paid, via Paypal.
I will reimburse for any overage paid for shipping, in case the quote was not accurate from the courier.
FEATURES OF THE WX90: High-quality Japanese cherry wood frame Folds easily for transport and storage Built-in bobbin winder and shelf The new rubber friction warp control pedal lets you advance the warp while remaining seated Wire heddles have larger holes to make threading easier Weaving Width: 90 cm
INCLUDED: 1 reed (5 dents/cm=12 dents/inch); 2 harnesses (incl. 630 wire heddles); 1 boat shuttle (medium size); 15 bobbins; 1 bobbin winder (built-in); 1 warp control pedal (built-in) with hand control extension 1 reed hook; 1 heddle hook; 2 tying rods; cords for tying rod
NOTE: Please feel free to contact me if you have questions about the loom. There are different models available as well as optional height extenders for taller people, wheels, inside sets Kenzo’s new dividing bar and tabletop threading holder to fit this loom width are also available
Laura Roveda presented SAORI Weaving at the following:
July, 2023- Assisted SAORI Salt Spring with a 5 day SAORI workshop at MISSA, Shawnigan Lake, BC, Canada
August, 2022- Assisted SAORI Salt Spring with a 5 day SAORI workshop at MISSA, Shawnigan Lake, BC, Canada
Saturday, September 14 – 15, 2019 – Anchorage Weavers and Spinners Guild, Anchorage, Alaska
August, 2019 Assisted SAORI Salt Spring with a 5 day SAORI workshop at MISSA, Metchosin, BC, Canada Tuesday, January 7 – 8, 2019 – Motherlode Weavers and Spinners Guild (MLWS), Sonora, California Thursday, May 10, 2018 – Central Coast Weavers presentation Friday June 17, 2016 – Bobbin Winders Guild meeting – Covina July 14-17, 2016 – SAORI Weaving at Patty’s Paradise in Ridgway, Colorado December 21, 2014 – Craft & Folk Art Museum August 23, 2014 – Ventura County Handweavers and Spinners Guild October 31st, 2013 – Otis College of Art and Design, Textile Science class September 9, 2013 – Inland Empire Handweavers’ Guild March 11, 2013 – South Coast Weavers and Spinners Guild September 8, 2012 – Southern California Weaver’s Guild
Laura has participated in the following exhibitions: SAORI Peace Weave 2019 – Hiroshima, Japan, July 2019 SAORI Peace Weave 2017 – Hiroshima, Japan, July 2017 SAORI Peace Weave 2016 – Hiroshima, Japan, July 2016 SAORI Peace Weave 2015 – Hiroshima, Japan, July 2015 SAORI Peace Weave 2014 – Hiroshima, Japan, July 2014
Other Saori Events in LA: SAORI weaving featured in the television series ‘How to Live With Your Parents for the Rest of Your Life‘. Episode 5, ‘How to Run the Show’. Filmed in September, 2012. Aired May 1, 2013. Laura, her weaving and the looms were in a couple of scenes at a Wine and Cheese festival in this episode.
2012 International SAORI Weaving Conference Conference – September 21 -23, 2012 Post Conference workshops – September 24 – 28, 2012 This conference was co-sponsored by Saorinomori/Sakaiseikisangyco Co. Ltd. of Japan and the US-Canada Association of SAORI Weaving and was hosted by SAORI Studio LA in Studio City (Los Angeles), California
“Consider the difference between machines and human beings”
Enjoy learning to weave the SAORI way! SAORI philosophy originates from Japan founded by Misao Jo, and values free exploration; no rules, no mistakes!
Come and learn SAORI weaving – play with color and texture and reconnect with your creative soul in a serene setting in Sherman Oaks (Los Angeles), California.
Ongoing classes for all ages, and by appointment, schedule permitting.
Cost:
Initial class (two hours) is $65, plus materials (by weight).
Class price thereafter is based on an hourly rate of $30 per hour, (minimum two hours), plus materials.
Class times:
Classes by appointment, please email for details.
Contact Laura by saoristudiola [at] earthlink [dot] net or by phone at 310.488.1425
