In Australia: Handweavers and Spinners Guild of Victoria Inc where I'm a member. For news and links to current and future events around Victoria and Australia, try here; they also have many links to other Australian sites.

 

Woolcraft Show to continue in 2000

The Woolcraft Show is an integral part of the 2000 Australian Sheep and Wool Show,
to be held in Bendigo this year. For more details contact Marie Grylls 03 5443 8965

 

Gippsland Wool Awards, June 2000

We enjoyed ourselves in '99, you may like to enter a competition this year or just take part in the social events, see: Gippsland Wool

 

From Western Australia (four hours by air from Williamstown!):
Visit Robyn Malcolm's page.

International links:

Wool Works: the online knitting compendium

You must see the fabulous picture knits at http://www.cyberTours.com/borealis/

Knitting and Craft site Francy has so many links!

American Handweavers

A fabulous American Knitters Magazine

Patterns, tips and more for the handspinner and knitter!

Universities aren't just for academics.

Dianna Schmuhl has a shop with llama and shetland sheep rovings. They raise their own animals.

I've been doing some hand-dyeing, using local native leaves (eucalypt and acacia) and using Landscape Dyes bought from the Guild. Here are some links on dyeing.
Susan Druding is one of the most authoritative people on our craft

Rosemary Brock has excellent spinning and dyeing web pages at The Mining Company

 

Some other links I visit . . .

Winestate Magazine (we love Australian Cabernet Sauvignon)

Welcome to Skills.net where my husband works with community networking.

 

A Short Note about the SKIPTON Sheep and Woolcraft Show:
The 1998 event was the last show after six years, as the organisers can no longer use the venue.
We hope they find another suitable venue again.

For other events, see the Handweavers and Spinners Guild of Victoria website, or

get your copy of the Wool Pages from Wendy Dennis

 

 

We'd love to hear from anyone with comments about this site, and other sites we should look at. Thank you to those people who've already taken the time to write.

Contact: Margaret Rowe

One of the sheep at my friend's farm: Janet Cain has about a dozen sheep of mixed breeds.These include first-cross, a great source for new fleece! Click here to see more friends on the farm.

 

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