Coming up

This year's Gathering is hosted by the Wingham Spinners & Craft Group Inc. Time:  Wednesday 21st September 2022,  9.30am to 2pm

Place:  Wingham Showground Tea Rooms, 1274 Gloucester Road, Wingham. (Opposite Wingham Abattoirs – no noise or smell)

Tea rooms have air conditioning, toilet attached, plenty of parking.

Theme: Fibre fun with Friends

Cost: $7 per person includes lucky door, morning tea and light lunch. Tea and coffee all day.

DIETARY REQUIREMENTS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.

ACTIVITIES: Lucky Door, Raffles, Fashion Parade, Demonstrations and Challenges

Fibre products in categories:-

1. A skein of Yarn

2. Hand made woven piece

3. Hand knitted item

4. Hand crocheted item

5. Hand made felted item

6. Quilted/Patchwork item – no larger than 50cm x 50cm

7. Needlework item

8. Eco dyed item

9. Braided/Beaded item

In this still uncertain time of Covid regulations, we may have to close numbers of attendees. 

If you wish to attend, please contact Morisset Spinners & Weavers or Wingham Spinners & Craft Group on Email: winghamspin@gmail.com asap.

Saturday 15 & Sunday 16 October

Spinners and Weavers Members will be able to submit items in

Class 1- 13 for judging & Class 14 for exhibition only. (Not for judging, NFJ) Items in Class 14 must comply with the description for any class 1- 13.

Details of Classes in the Spinning and Weaving Section are available from the show society and Morisset Spinners & Weavers Inc. 

Items in all classes may be offered for sale through the Show’s sales department. 10% commission will be charged by the Show on any sales.

All entries must be listed on an inventory sheet and have swing tags securely fastened. Inventory sheets and swing tags will be distributed to Members.

Entry Fee: Show Members/ Juniors $1.00. Others $2.00 per entry

Prizes: $10 Prize money for First Place in each class judged

Special Prizes sponsored by Morisset Spinners and Weavers Inc

Geraldine McCulloch Award: Best item in section: Goods of your choice to the value of $50, donated

by Fibre Arts Shed.

Hazel Cashman Award: $40 cash, for best wearable article demonstrating effective use of colour

and/or texture.

$10 Encouragement Award for best Novice entry.

Important Dates

Tuesdays 20, 27 September & 4 October

Inventory Sheets and swing tags will be available to members at our

Tuesday meetings.

Tuesday 11 October

Collection Day: Members bring all items with swing tags, entry fees and inventory sheet to Tuesday meeting. Entries should be in a large plastic bag (such as a bin liner or garbage bag) with your name clearly marked on the bag in large letters.

Saturday 15 & Sunday 16 October

Morisset Lake Macquarie Agricultural Show

Tuesday 18 October

Items may be collected at Spinners and Weavers meeting.

We regularly hold workshops for our members. These include: 

mini-workshops, where a member teaches skills that other members would like to know,

formal workshops, where members participate or learn a significant skill. 

Occasionally, we invite guest teachers to run workshops, which may run for 4 hours, a day or several days, to introduce new or specialist skills, techniques and crafts to our group.

This group meets 9:30 am -12:00 pm on the second Tuesday of each month. All welcome.

Our spinners meet to share information, talk about what they have been spinning and the successes and failures they have experienced. We explore spinning different fibres and spinning techniques. It is a lively, informative group and we all learn a lot from each other. 

This group meets 9:30 am -12:00 pm on the fourth Tuesday of each month. All welcome.

Our weavers meet to share information, talk about what they have been weaving and the successes and failures they have experienced.  This too is a lively, informative group, where we all learn a lot from each other.

This event is held on the fifth Tuesday of the months that have an extra Tuesday. Members can sell items from their stash to other members on this day. The sale runs from 10:30 am to 12 pm.