New Members Blacktown Charlotte Parker Emily Sprod
What are your favourite colours? All shades of purple. When you're not knitting or crocheting you are…. When I am not knitting, I play computer games.
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haron Holstein is a member of the Blue Mountains Group. She has been actively involved in the Guild for many years including holding positions on the Executive Committee. Sharon is the mastermind behind FibreFest, organising the location, the workshops, the retailers, refreshments and more. She is also a Guild retail member and owns the Fibre Frolic shop at Kurrajong.
Blue Mountains Marta Smerechuk DeeArn Dawe Catherine Marceau Kate Cruchley Capital Region Christianna Cobbold Judith Nettleingham De-Arne Crawford
What are some of the challenges to organising FibreFest? Like for most events over the last couple of years, Covid has been the biggest challenge. However, generally, trying to make sure you cover different interests with the workshops, and have a good variety of stallholders because you just want everyone to have a great time.
Epping Cate Grace Inner City Kerrie Girdo Akin Sunay Interstate Tanya Harris Maisie Gibson Vivienne Henderson
What are some of the fun parts? One of the fun parts is working with a great team of knitting friends who help tirelessly the whole weekend to make it all come together. You do know, however, that you have worked them too hard when they tell you their eye lashes are tired. Another fun part is always knit night – it's so great to see a venue taken over by so many knitters and crocheters. It's also funny to see the looks on the faces of regulars to the venue as they try to comprehend what has happened to their pub!
Katoomba Patricia SwiftHunter Kiama Suzanna Clissold Mid North Coast Julie Sillince Newcastle Nellie Gibson Lyn McLachlan Helen Willoughby Jennifer Dempsey Judy Shultz
How long have you been knitting/ crocheting? My beautiful grandmother taught me to knit when I was about five using long nails and string. She also taught me to crochet when I was around ten years old. WIPs (work in progress) – do you like to focus on one or two projects at a time or do you have more projects on the go than there are days in the week? I usually have at least a couple of both knit and crochet projects on the go at the same time - usually one that is simple and doesn't require a lot of concentration for when you're out with knitting friends, and then maybe something more complex that requires quiet and concentration to work on at home. I could safely say that I have more than seven project bags and they would all have something in them that is a work in progress, so the answer is yes. You notice a small mistake – do you rip back or carry on? I would most probably rip back. What would we see in your stash? Lots of single skeins that I have collected from different indie dyers all waiting for that special project. Mainly in shades of purple and green. When you're not knitting or crocheting you are…. Working at Fibre Frolic, organising FibreFest, planning the next social get-together, cooking, I like trying new recipes.
What's your knitting/crochet superpower? I don’t think I really have a knit or crochet superpower, however, I do like to organise get-togethers: lots of social knitting and crochet in public with friends at clubs, cafes or at the park. So maybe that's my superpower.
Northern Tablelands Lucelle Sauer Pittwater Lene Knezevic Denise Galligan Southern Shan Watts
What’s the most recent technique/ tip you have learnt? I recently tried mosaic crochet; I love the look of it. I'm not sure if it's really for me but will probably revisit and give it another go.
The Entrance Lesley Farrell West Ryde Jessica Blackburn
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