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World Wide Knit in Public Day
Posted by on May 30, 2012
Started in 2005, World Wide Knit In Public Day (June 9-17, 2012) is the largest knitter run event in the world and a week-long celebration of knitting and other fibre arts.
Each local event is put together by a volunteer or a group of volunteers. Find or host a KIP event in your area.
Fabulously Felted Women of Wool Table Toppers
Posted by on May 29, 2012
Flashback to the 2010 Australian Sheep & Wool Show with a trip through a gallery of the wildly
popular Women of Wool Luncheon felted hat table toppers created by members of the Handweavers & Spinners Guild of Victoria.
Is Australian Wool required for Woolcraft Competition?
Posted by on May 28, 2012
It has come to the attention of the Woolcraft Committee that some people are of the understanding that Australian wool must be used in the Woolcraft Competition.
This is most definitely incorrect.
However, if Australian wool is used and this must be proven, your exhibit will bear extra consideration in the judging for Special Prizes. See page 4 of the Woolcraft Schedule 2012 under Special Prizes for additional information.
Woolcraft Competition Drop-off/Pick-up for Transport to Show
Posted by on May 23, 2012
Do you need your exhibit transported to and from the Australian Sheep and Wool Show in July?
There will be a drop-off box at the Handweavers and Spinners Guild of Victoria (655 Nicholson Street, Carlton North, VIC 3054 Australia) for exhibits to be placed ready for transport, from the Guild Meeting Day, Saturday 16th June 2012 until Wednesday 11th July 2012. Exhibits should be packaged and labelled adequately.
Collection will be available after the Show from Tuesday 24th July 2012. Please sign sheet on drop-off and pick-up of exhibits.
If you have any questions, please contact Dot Vallence Ph: 03 9560 1621.
Women of Wool – Chrystene Antonis
Posted by on May 18, 2012
Australian Woolcraft Competition organiser Chrystene Antonis, of Euroa, Victoria
As the Woolcraft representative on the executive of the Australian Sheep Breeders Association, Chrystene is the conduit to the wide world of all things Woolcraft including hundreds of passionate knitters, spinners, felters, weavers, crocheters, embroiderers and designers of ultra-funky ‘wearable art’.
Chrystene’s small team of hardworking volunteers coordinate more than 300 exhibitors in 58 class classes involving four national guilds, several schools and a hundred Woolcraft traders and demonstrators.
The Australian Woolcraft competition at the Australian Sheep & Wool Show has now grown to attract international representatives and a loyal, very vocal band of fans who congregate on the knitters social media mecca Ravelry, a site that boasts more than 1.3 million members.
During the year prior to the Sheep Show Chrystene works with many members of the Handweavers & Spinners Guild to prepare garments to showcase the fibre from the Feature Breed of that year’s show. This year creations using wool from heritage breeds will be on display.
“I can’t remember who taught me to knit; as a lefthander it must not have been easy for my mother, who I presume it was. It fostered my love of wool and natural fibres,” Chrystene says.
She first joined the Handweavers & Spinners Guild in 1971 and says her love of wool and textiles has grown along with her love of gardening, painting and wholistic living. She was enjoying the antics of small herd of cashmere goats while working with their fibre when she decided to undertake a Diploma in Studio Arts (Textiles) at RMIT.
It was there she was introduced to Sheep Show and Woolcraft committee members seeking a someone special for an important role; overseeing the much-loved Kids Corner where hundreds of future Woolcrafters have learnt to spin a wheel and felt like an expert.
“Teaching children and many adult showgoers to have a love and appreciation for wool, the magic fibre that it is, is very rewarding,” Chrystene says.
Content courtesy of the 2011 Women of Wool
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