cuijuntingJun 6, 20201 minVirtual 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...
cuijuntingJun 4, 20201 minVirtual 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...
cuijuntingJun 3, 20201 minVirtual 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...
cuijuntingJun 2, 20201 minVirtual Poatina "Thank-you for organising the Virtual Poatina weekend. I enjoyed it immensely and it gave me the drive and inspiration to get cracking...
cuijuntingJun 1, 20201 minVirtual Poatina"On Instagram Kerstin Neumuller (from Sweden) has recently shared her hand carved rigid heddles and she inspired me to try carving one...
cuijuntingMay 31, 20201 minVirtual PoatinaFor 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;...
cuijuntingMay 30, 20201 minVirtual 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...
cuijuntingMay 29, 20201 minVirtual Poatina - the back storyAs Poatina Weaving Retreat was postponed a few members decided they would like to meet via ‘zoom’ and have a Virtual Poatina. The theme...
cuijuntingMay 21, 20201 minVirtual Poatina - snapshots A good day enjoyed by some of our Guild members, weaving from Marie Ratcliff, Viv Crawford, Di Kearney and Sue Hastie.
cuijuntingMay 20, 20201 minVirtual 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...
cuijuntingMay 19, 20201 minVirtual 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...
cuijuntingMay 18, 20201 minVirtual 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...
cuijuntingMay 17, 20201 minVirtual 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...