Crafty Sundays was a celebration of the spring onset yesterday. It was so nice to see so many sitting outdoors again with their woolcraft project in hand.

As often, there was a brilliant diversity of handcrafted items to admire and inspire, matched with good chat and peace in the company of others.

We discussed a raft of interesting woolcraft related threads – here’s a summary:

Aleks Byrd’s Estonia Knitting classes were a great success and we’ll lobby to have her back for more! Hand’s already up for a class on steeking. Have a look at Alek’s visit highlights video here: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CwL_KSMhENO/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Yarn Trail Victoria visited Tarndie on their Knitting Bus – good fun! Jess has more upcoming trips from Ballarat - https://yarntrailvictoria.com.au/

A recent visit by Keisuke from Enneste Tokyo introduced us to the uber-cute technique of Japanese embroidery darning - https://www.instagram.com/mimstermade/

We squeezed in a visit to the “Sutr Santati – stories of India woven in thread” exhibition in Melbourne. It drove home the high regard of textiles to culture and economy in India. There was a quote that would apply to woolcrafters in Australia too –

“...hand-crafted textiles are an outpouring of the artisans’ lives and their ability to transfer generational knowledge, passion and resilience.”

— Gaurang Shah

We looked at Jill’s beautifully, spun and dyed Polwarth fleece from the 90’s that is become an intriguing piece of “Fission” knitting. We’ve found it on Ravelry. https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/the-path-is-clear

Ged’s fox beanie wasn’t a winner at the Murrundidi Beanie Festival competition, but her passion to set foot into a new sock category at the festival had a good level of support – keep track at https://beanie.org.au/

We’ll be taking Tarndie on the road in NSW.

Sept 10 in Wyong for the NSW Knitters Guild “Fibre Fest” and then again Oct 28 for “Fibre Frolic” in Mulgoa – Western Sydney. - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089697963871

In tasty news for marvellous marmalade makers – our local town Birregurra is hosting the Australian Marmalade Awards with entries now open. Your recipe could be on the supermarket shelves! https://www.marmaladeawards.com.au/