Australian Guilds and Craft Groups

Basketmakers of Victoria
www.geocities.com/basketmakers

Berry Spinners & Weavers
P: 02 4464 2231
Meets Thursday mornings at the Showground Hall

Blue Mountains Branch Knitters' Guild NSW
bluemountainknitters.blogspot.com
P: 02 8239 2286 — Merrin Marks
Meets 3rd Saturday of the month; 1.30 - 4.30pm
Blaxland Neighbourhood Centre, located next to the Library

A diverse group of people who share a common interest in the craft of knitting. Beginners, experienced and expert knitters

Bulahdelah Spinners and Weavers Guild
P: 02 4997 4424 — Adele Wade
P: 02 4997 4389 — Val Brown

Cairns & FNQ Spinners Weavers & Fibrecrafters
PO Box 926
Malanda QLD 4885
P: 07 40 557307 — Carol Coates
P: 07 40 968178 — Shelley Eddleston
P: 07 40 933489 — Ulla Melchiorsen and Peder Rasmussen

Meets Fridays 10.00am - 2.30pm at The Fibre Barn, Cairns Showgrounds and on Wednesdays, Tableland Social Craft Days in Atherton. Lace Group: First Wednesday of the month, 10.00am - 2.00pm in Cairns at The Fibre Barn, Cairns Showgrounds.

Canberra Regional Feltmakers
P: 02 6231 2669 — Betty Hudson

Canberra Spinners and Weavers
Angas and Sherbrooke Streets
Ainslie NSW 2602
P: 02 6247 1048
www.actco.org.au/canberraspinnersandweavers
Meets third Saturday of the month May through September at 12.30pm and third Tuesday of the month October through April at 7.30pm

Central Coast Handweavers & Spinners Guild
Russell Drysdale Street
East Gosford NSW 2250
P: 02 4325 4743
thecottage.org.au

Découpage Guild Australia Inc
www.decoupage.com.au

Découpage Guild of New South Wales
www.geocities.com/dgnsw

Embroiderers' Guild NSW
www.embgdnsw.org.au

Fairfield Spinners and Weavers Group
Westacott Cottage Arts & Crafts Centre
107 Railway Parade
Canley Vale NSW 2166
Meets each Friday 9.30am-12.00pm
au.geocities.com/fairspinweave2006

Great Lakes Spinners and Weavers
PO Box 96
Tuncurry NSW 2428
Marilyn Johnston, Secretary, 6554 1986
Frances Sheen, President, 6555 3744
Meets each Wednesday 10.00am to 1.00pm at CWA Rooms, Little Street, Forster

The Illawarra Feltmakers Inc
P O Box 4247, Shellharbour NSW 2529
theillawarrafeltmaker@westnet.com.au
The group meets for social feltmaking on the 1st and 3rd saturday of each month 10am-3pm at Shellcove Community Centre, Shellcove in the Illawarra region.

Kurrajong Handspun Crafts Inc
PO Box 171, Kurmond, NSW 2757
President: Jackie Wall 4567 0010
Kurrajong Handspun Crafts Inc meets weekly (Thursdays) at North Richmond Community Centre from 12.00pm to 3.00pm
kurrajonghandspuncrafts.weebly.com

Lismore Spinners & Weavers Inc
Meet every 1st, 3rd & 5th Friday of each month at Macleans Ridges Hall, Cowlong Road
Phone: Dayle Morrison, Secretary, on 02 6622 2252
Email: lismorespinweave@yahoo.com.au

Northern Region Combined Fibre Group
Contact: Jani Walker, 3A Mary Street, Grafton, NSW 2460

Nowra Spinners and Weavers
www.nowraspinners.com

Handweavers and Spinners Guild of South Australia
196 South Road (corner of Lurline Street)
Mile End SA 5031
PO Box 163
Torrensville Plaza SA 5031
P: 08 8352 4843
spinweavesa@gmail.com
http://sites.google.com/site/handspinweavesa

Handweavers and Spinners Guild of Victoria
12-20 Shakespeare Street
Carlton North VIC 3054
P: 03 9347 3008
F: 03 9347 3108
home.vicnet.net.au/~handspin

Handweavers, Spinners and Dyers Guild of Tasmania
PO Box 674
Sandy Bay TAS 7006
home.graffiti.net/~hsdgt

Handweavers, Spinners and Dyers Guild of Western Australia
PO Box 446
Inglewood WA 6935
www.geocities.com/hsdguildwesternaustralia

Knit4Charities Group
E: ptatt@dodo.com.au
groups.yahoo.com/group/knit4charities
An Internet based group of knitters from around the country interested in donating our projects to Charity. Everyone is welcome to join, they have been active since last August and are looking for members

Knitters' Guild NSW
www.knittersguildnsw.org.au

Made4giving Group
au.groups.yahoo.com/group/made4giving
This is an internet group for those who love to give to those in need. You can help out other human beings in need if you know how to: sew, knit, crochet, felt, spin, weave or quilt. We are people helping people. Everyone can make a difference to someone.

Mudgee Spinners and Weavers
c/- B Raymond
PO Box 326
Gulgong NSW 2852
P: 02 6374 1881

Nambucca Spinners and Weavers
47 Wallace Street
Macksville NSW 2447
P: 02 6568 1101

Newcastle Spinners and Weavers Guild
PO Box 28
Adamstown NSW 2289
P: 02 4957 5023
Meets first Saturday each month at the Masonic Centre, New Lambton

Nowra Spinners & Weavers
Meets 1st and 3rd Saturday of each month at the CWA rooms in Berry Street, Nowra
lynchessell@hotmail.com

Queensland Spinners Weavers and Dyers Group
Fibrecraft House
12 Payne Street
Auchenflower QLD 4066
P: 07 3371 0009
F: 07 3371 0177
E: office@qldspinners.org.au
qldspinners.org.au
Meets 1st and 3rd Saturday of every month at 10.00am

Southside Weavers, Spinners and Dyers Group
Church Hall
Green Road
Park Ridge QLD 4125
Meets on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month between 10.00am and 2.00pm
gp.mercuryconnect.com.au/sswdg

Sutherland Shire Spinners and Weavers
Council Hall (near the Station)
Navarro Crescent
Como NSW 2226
Meets every Tuesday at 10.00am

Sydney Stitch-n-Bitch
E: sydneystitch@hotmail.com.au
sydneystitch.cjb.net
Meet at the Hart's Pub in The Rocks on alternate Mondays from 6:30pm. A new pub knitting group has formed in Manly and meets on alternate Tuesdays at the Manly Wharf Hotel from 7:00pm

Toowoomba Spinners, Weavers, Dyers Group
GPO Box 2138
Toowoomba QLD 4350
E: info@tmba-spinners.com
tmba-spinners.com
Meets 9.00am every Thursday at The Homestead, Toowoomba Showgrounds

Wagga Wagga Handspinners and Weavers Guild
www.geocities.com/sandra_d_au
Meets every Wednesday at 10.30am until 4.00pm and 1st Saturday of the month at 10.30am at the ARCC Centre in Tarcutta Street, Wagga Wagga

Wingham Spinners and Craft Group
P: 02 6557 7484 — Maureen
P: 02 6552 4654 — Daphne
Meets every Wednesday at 10.00am until 2.00pm at the Wingham Showground

Wool Spinners & Weavers, St Georges Basin
P: 02 4443 8332

Events and Shows

Agricultural Field Days and Australian Show Societies
www.ranbuild.com.au/field_days.htm

Agricultural Shows: NSW
www.agshowsnsw.org.au

Agricultural Shows: VIC
www.vicagshows.com.au

Australian Sheep & Wool Show
www.sheepshow.com

Back to Back Wool Challenge
www.ballaratweb.net/wdennis

The Bothwell SPINin
www.bothwellspinin.com

The Craft & Quilt Fair
www.craftfair.com.au

Craft Australia: Exhibition Calendar
www.craftaustralia.org.au/calendars/about
http://www.craftaustralia.org.au/calendars/about

Castle Hill Show
www.castlehillshow.com.au

Ekka
www.ekka.com.au

Major Agricultural Events in Australia
www.agtour.com.au/GenEvents/events.htm

Mudgee Show
www.mudgeeshow.org.au

Newcastle Regional Show
www.newcastleshow.com.au

The Perth Royal Show
www.perthroyalshow.com.au

The Royal Adelaide Show
www.adelaideshowground.com.au/show

The Royal Canberra Show
www.rncas.org.au/showwebsite/main.html

The Royal Darwin Show
www.darwinshow.com.au

The Royal Hobart Show
www.rast.com.au/RoyalHobartShow.htm

St Ives Show
www.stivesshow.com/stives

Stitched Up Textile Festival — Wangaratta
www.stitchedupfestival.com

The Stitches & Craft Show
www.stitches.com.au

Sydney Royal Agricultural Show
www.eastershow.com

Textile and Fibre Groups

The Australian Arts & Crafts Search Engine
www.artstralia.com.au/links_index.act

Australian Contemporary Textiles
www.anu.edu.au/ITA/CSA/textiles

Australian Craft Network
www.auscraftnet.com.au

Australian Silkworm
www.australiansilkworm.com

Australian Textile Arts & Surface Design Association
www.atasda.org.au

Craft Australia Home Page
www.craftaus.com.au

Creative Fibre
The New Zealand Spinning, Weaving and Woolcrafts Society
www.creativefibre.org.nz

CSIRO: Textile and Fibre Technology
Australia's pre-eminent textile, fibre and leather research centre, with a long history of innovation in textiles and leather
www.tft.csiro.au

The Society of Arts and Crafts of NSW
www.artsandcraftsnsw.com.au

TAFTA: The Australian Forum for Textile Arts
www.ggcreations.com.au/tafta