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    Virtual Dye Day - experimenting
    hwsdgtasmania
    • Jun 6, 2020
    • 1 min

    Virtual Dye Day - experimenting

    "These tiny skeins have been an experiment. The dyestuff was 50g of seed pods from my Lomatia Tinctoria plant otherwise known as the Guit...
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    Virtual Poatina
    hwsdgtasmania
    • Jun 4, 2020
    • 1 min

    Virtual Poatina

    "I finished a 6 meter warp of various textures and different purple threads with a contrast white. I wove it on my Saori loom. A very enj...
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    Virtual Poatina
    hwsdgtasmania
    • Jun 3, 2020
    • 1 min

    Virtual Poatina

    "This is my first venture into shadow weave. I had intended to use different colours in the warp and weft but very quickly found that jus...
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    Virtual Poatina
    hwsdgtasmania
    • Jun 2, 2020
    • 1 min

    Virtual Poatina

    "Thank-you for organising the Virtual Poatina weekend.  I enjoyed it immensely and it gave me the drive and inspiration to get cracking o...
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    Virtual Poatina
    hwsdgtasmania
    • Jun 1, 2020
    • 1 min

    Virtual Poatina

    "On Instagram Kerstin Neumuller (from Sweden) has recently shared her hand carved rigid heddles and she inspired me to try carving one fo...
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    Virtual Poatina
    hwsdgtasmania
    • May 31, 2020
    • 1 min

    Virtual Poatina

    For Virtual Poatina I thought that I would try to weave a scarf with shades of grey and a touch of pink. My inspiration - dusk to dawn; s...
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    Virtual Poatina
    hwsdgtasmania
    • May 30, 2020
    • 1 min

    Virtual Poatina

    ‘Moonlight on the River’ was my interpretation of Dark/Light. I wound a warp shading from black to white in 5 steps. I used Bendigo 3pl...
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    Virtual Poatina - the back story
    hwsdgtasmania
    • May 29, 2020
    • 1 min

    Virtual Poatina - the back story

    As Poatina Weaving Retreat was postponed a few members decided they would like to meet via ‘zoom’ and have a Virtual Poatina. The theme w...
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    Virtual Poatina - snapshots
    hwsdgtasmania
    • May 21, 2020
    • 1 min

    Virtual Poatina - snapshots

    A good day enjoyed by some of our Guild members, weaving from Marie Ratcliff, Viv Crawford, Di Kearney and Sue Hastie.
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    Virtual Dye Day - Buddleia results
    hwsdgtasmania
    • May 20, 2020
    • 1 min

    Virtual Dye Day - Buddleia results

    As much as I love vibrant brash colour ways, I am in love with these skeins. How do I convince Di that they belong in my stash? Again the...
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    Virtual Dye Day - rewind
    hwsdgtasmania
    • May 19, 2020
    • 1 min

    Virtual Dye Day - rewind

    Another mini lesson show and tell by Di Kearney. Again, Di tells us that "this photo shows the skein in the previous photo after it has b...
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    Virtual Dye Day - playing with modifier results
    hwsdgtasmania
    • May 18, 2020
    • 1 min

    Virtual Dye Day - playing with modifier results

    The use of different mordants and modifiers changes the results you achieve when using natural dyes. Guild President Di Kearney is giving...
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    Virtual Dye Day - Study in colour
    hwsdgtasmania
    • May 17, 2020
    • 1 min

    Virtual Dye Day - Study in colour

    Guild president Di Kearney shows us what you can achieve using something as simple as this Buddleia (aka the common butterfly bush) from ...
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