Contact Celia Martin for information.
Area Delegate: Denise Brown
Secretary: Jenny Wilson
Treasurer: Lyn Watson
Area Delegate: Marilyn Velvin taranaki@creativefibre.org.nz
Secretary: Maggie Atkins ewefelt@xtra.co.nz
Taranaki Creative Fibre is part of a nationwide group of individuals similarly interested in fibrecrafts such as spinning, weaving, dyeing, felting, knitting and crochet. The Taranaki area covers from Urenui in the north to Waverley in the south. Area meetings (guild days) are held four times a year at various locations around Taranaki. The benefits of being a member include:
- Automatic affiliation to Creative Fibre.
- You receive the Creative Fibre magazine four times a year with updates on events around the country.
- You are able to attend classes run and subsidised by Creative Fibre Taranaki, attend national workshops, and undertake self directed learning courses.
- Summer and winter weekend retreats.
- Availability of books and DVDs from the Taranaki Area library and National Resource library.
- Attend the annual national festival and exhibition and enter the biennial Taranaki exhibition.
Area Delegate: Vicki Browne 027 477 8116
Treasurer: Alison Day
Admin: Cherry Estcourt
Committee: Kathy Mitchell, Meike Schmidt-Meiburg, Raewyn Gainsford, Charmian Stone.
The Waikato area has 13 groups spreading from the King Country to the top of Coromandel – Cambridge, Hakarimata (Ngaruawahia area), Hamilton, Matamata, Mercury Bay, Morrinsville, Taumaranui, Taupo, Te Awamutu, Te Kuiti, Thames, Waihi and Whangamata. Several groups have day and night meetings to accommodate their members.
Activities include spinning, knitting and weaving.
Meets: Taihape Spinners, Taihape & District Women’s Club, Tui Street
Group Leader: Alison Duncan
Contact: Maree Liddington 027 777 3473
Coordinator: Irene Brooks
Contact: Helen Wickens
Wednesdays, 11.00am to 3.00pm (Feb to Dec)
Back Room, Baptist Church, Teasdale Street, Te Awamutu. All meetings.
1st and 3rd Tuesday 10am–2pm – All disciplines
2nd Tuesday 6.30–9pm – Weaving
4th Thursday 6.30–9pm – All disciplines
This group meets to share spinning, weaving, felting, fibre dying and anything else anyone can think of that is fibre-related. If you’re interested in attending, please phone Sue first, as we sometimes meet in different places.
Contact Sue Sands for more information.
Contact: Maree Liddington 027 777 3473 or 06 764 5221
Contact: Shirlene Paterson 027 766 0418