Going to Japan!

I am so excited to going to Japan to be a part of celebration of SAORI's 40th year anniversary in November.
I know there are more than 6 months ahead, but I feel so good to know that there is something excited in the fall!
This time, my husband is not going, but my SAORI friend in Canada is going with me!
We will be taking SAORI training (I hope), hiking, visiting some places I would like to take her before/after the event.

Before going to Japan, I need to parepare lots of things.
There will be Winter Gift Shows everywhere and I am participating at some of those so I need to keep weaving!

I think I can do it. I need to do it!

I will do it!

SAORI is out there!

The Alpaca Expo was held in MN the end of this month.
My friend K and I entered our alpaca SAORI woven items to the fiber art contest.
K made a hat (100% MN alpaca) and I made a shawl (100% MN alpaca, too).

Do you know about Alpacas? They are much warmer than wool.
Also, you can use(put on) alpacas instead of wool if you have wool allergy.
Did you know that?
My friend who has an Alpaca farm taught me about it.
Lanolin is the cause for the people who has wool allergy.
Alpacas don't have Lanolin. That's why.

Anyway, we entered and I am sure they are the only SAORI woven items.

We got prizes, First and Second!!
We are so excited to get prizes together.
We entered them because this is one way to tell people that there is a weaving called SAORI in this world.

I hope judges and people came to the expo thought "What is SAORI?" reading our artist statement.

I will post images of our items next month.