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Next Step: Window Dressing
Posted by on July 19, 2012
Want a behind the scenes look, check out the ABC Open Whadyaknow: how to dress a window with Graham Bennetts. Graham has been window dressing for Woolcraft since the early 1980s when the Show was held at the Melbourne Showgrounds. He missed a few years before he started in Bendigo but as he says, “time flies when you are having fun.”
Whadyaknow: how to dress a window from ABC Open Central Victoria on Vimeo.
Woolcraft Judging, Success!
Posted by on July 18, 2012
The Woolcraft committee would like to commend the judges and stewards who participated in this year’s judging. The competition entries were of an incredibly high standard! We greatly appreciate the interest and patience displayed throughout the dedicated process that lasted up to 6 hours. We hope the new judges will join us again next year for another rewarding experience!
Runway Style, Australian Wool Fashion Parades
Posted by on July 16, 2012
Friday / Saturday / Sunday, Noble Pavilion
Woolcraft Parades — 11 am daily
- Woolcraft “Wearable Art” Parades
- Woolcraft Winners Parades
Commercial Parades — 2 pm daily
- Australian Wool Innovation Parades featuring Australia’s best designers
- Top Wool Retailers Parades
Woolcraft at the 2012 Australian Sheep and Wool Show
Posted by on July 16, 2012
Six pavilions full of:
- Fabulous fleece – white & coloured, wool from many breeds
- Fantastic fibre – hand dyed, combed, carded and prepared in batts
- Incredible yarn – artisan handspun, hand dyed
- Equipment – see, try and buy
- Demonstrations to impress
- Felting, crocheting, knitting, dyeing, spinning and weaving
- Competition exhibits to admire and inspire
- Celebrating 40 years of Woolcraft special display
- Feature Breed display with Finnsheep, Perendale, Romney and Suffolk
- Share Space for you to sit, knit, chat and learn
- Kid’s Corner for the kids to make something woolly
Passionate Advocate and Woolcraft Expert Emma Gerring, 2012 Women of Wool
Posted by on July 12, 2012
Woolcraft siteholder Emma Gerring of Spun Out is one of seven 2012 Women of Wool
Woolcraft competitor and hand spinning aficionado, Emma Gerring, of Blackburn, Victoria
Fibre has now taken over popular woolcraft exhibitor Emma Gerring’s life, with raw fleeces, dyes, roving, plus “way too many wheels and an obscene amount of spindles” battling for space in her home.
Her online mini-emporium of hand spinning equipment ‘Spun Out’ is “the baby of a compulsive obsessive fibre junkie,” Emma says.
“I am a relatively recent spinner, starting my yarn making journey September 2008,” she says. “I started with a wheel, after several lessons from a very dear friend, and I also became smitten with spindles, as this meant I could spin any time, any place, anywhere!”
“Spun Out began in 2009, running alongside my then yarn store of 10 years, ‘The Wool Shack’, which I sold in early 2011. So my love of yarn and the fibre industry tipped over into spinning.
“My desire to start up Spun Out, was driven by the wonderful spinning community that was opening up to me. I wanted to share the love (and obsession) and source the finest spinning paraphernalia from around the world,” Emma says.
Content courtesy of The Women of Wool
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Woolcraft at the Australian Sheep & Wool Show 