August Meeting - Part 3

These beautiful Dorset buttons made by June are embellished with tiny sparkly red beads.

Tricia had brought along this poncho which she had sewn beads on. . . but felt it wasn't quite finished.

During the afternoon she added a wavy I-cord (or rats tail depending where & when you grew up) and completed the task.
by Rose Pelvin

August Meeting - Part 2

June cleverly used a supplementary warp on part of this mat and then used the rest of it to embroider the decoration.

June shows hand-made tassels from among her treasures

. . . and cards embellished with fibres of various sorts

Anne had just finished a collapse weave piece which everyone loved. She had to keep her eye on it as it went beautifully with garments that other people were wearing!

By Rose Pelvin

August Meeting - Part 1

The August meeting was a daytime one, held on Sunday afternoon 21st. It was fine enough to sit outside Bobbin Cottage and enjoy the sun. The meeting was led by Tricia and Sue on the theme of 'embellishments' and they had provided embellished garments as examples and lots of books and magazines for inspiration.

Tricia got brave and cut the piece of fabric she brought when she first came to the group. Here is a vest made from part of it - an embellishment in progress.

This hat was also made by Tricia. Diagonal weaving at the Rotoiti retreat was new to some people and several people were enthusiastic about it. The hat is made from two diagonally woven squares.

. . . like this.

Simple crochet, but so effective on Win's beautiful alpaca scarf with huck lace motifs.

by Rose Pelvin

Rotoiti Retreat - Part 8

Oh, and all the bags!!!

by Rose Pelvin

Rotoiti Retreat - Part 7

Demonstrations and Traders

Anne Grassham demonstrates diagonal weaving

Diane Holmwood demonstrates shibori dyeing with Genesis dyes

Silks, socks, whatever . . . all take the dye

Karen Broderson demonstrates needle felting

Hallblacks had their usual multitude of mind-blowing yarns

and Linda Cleary had the cutest buttons...

including some of lovely hand-painted bamboo

by Rose Pelvin

Rotoiti Retreat - Part 6

Knitting and Knitters at the Retreat.  

Knitting seemed to be the activity of choice. Socks were popular, especially with self-patterning yarn, some hand dyed. One person knits two socks at the same time. Thought there were knitting needles everywhere, in every size and configuration, there was no click-clacking to be heard. Perhaps because they are made in different materials these days, or it may just be that the chatting drowned out the clicking. There was plenty of that as well.

 This beautiful knitted scarf was raffled

Circular needle, two colours

Josie knitting a sock on 4 needles

BIG needles

Two needles. This person uses the underarm technique

Yvonne's scarf has grown a lot during the day

Mary Hall shows a very large, very lacy knitted... thing(?) with sleeves

Which turns out to be an elegant coat to wear to a wedding

by Rose Pelvin

Rotoiti Retreat - Part 5

Weaving and Spinning

Blanket made from diagonally woven squares

Closeup

Plenty of people were keen to try

This is how it's done

Natural Gotland

Some spinners think big! This is called 'wild spinning'

Others prefer fine and elegant

by Rose Pelvin

Rotoiti Retreat - Part 4

Still not woven, but treats spotted at the retreat.

 Shoes are not to be worn in the Lodge so felted slippers are just the thing

  Win assists a friend to adjust an attractive knitted wrap

 If there was a prize for the most warmly dressed, this would win

 And the back view

 Knitted entrelac in natural colours

And in bright colours for a child's car seat cover

by Rose Pelvin

Rotoiti Retreat - Part 3

Not woven, but spotted at Rotoiti.

Knitted socks were high on the popularity list

A very warm work in progress

Knitted beads. The red ones are from plastic bags

Hold on - I'll be back in a minute

 A mobius scarf

by Rose Pelvin