Areas and Groups

Area Delegate: Raewyn Storey
President: Freda Bond
Secretary: Lyn File
Treasurer: Sharon Johnston
Newsletter Editor: Judi Stanley
Education: Angela Daish

Area Delegate: Margaret May

We have 18 day groups throughout the week, with 4 evening groups. We have also begun a series of half-day weekend workshops. Email us for more details, or check Events.

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Area Delegate: Margaret Russell
Treasurer: Sandra Russell

The Bay of Plenty Creative Fibre area extends from Ohiwa Harbour near Opotiki, to Whakatane, and across to Rotorua, and up to the Tauranga area. Eight groups meet regularly, learning and sharing new skills. Teaching workshops are sometimes held. Interests of members cover a wide range including spinning, knitting, crochet, weaving, felting, embellishing, braiding etc. Several clubs exhibit on a regular basis and there is an Area exhibition biennially.

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Area Delegate: Kerry Bulmer
President: Wilson Henderson
Minutes Secretary: Eleanor Patterson
Treasurer: Christine Mayhew
Education: Femke Reitsma
Librarian: Felicity Backhouse

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Area Delegate: Mauriina Franklin
Chairperson: Elaine Macgregor
Secretary: Jane O’Callaghan
Treasurer: Lyn Harvey

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Area Delegate: Melissa Fryer
Secretary: Jenny Wilson
Treasurer: Lyn Watson

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Area Delegate: Nancy Taylor
Secretary: Karyn Batt
Treasurer: Betty Graham

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Area Delegate: Tricia Jane
Chairperson: Pamela Barton
Secretary: Evelyn Clover
Treasurer: Sue Blanchard
Education: Rosemary Burnby

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Area Delegate: Heather Gordon
President and Newsletter Editor: Frances Harrington
Secretary: Leonie Loeber
Treasurer: Christine Bennett
Education: Sarah Gamble

Postal address: PO Box 214, Mosgiel 9053

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Area Delegate: Deanne Milne

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Area Delegate: Sue Scobie
President/Treasurer: Patricia Swale
Secretary/Newsletter Editor: Isobel Bates

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Area Delegate: Shirlene Paterson
Convenor: Beth Pottinger-Hockings

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 4 times a year at various locations around Taranaki. The benefits of being a Member include:

• Automatic affiliation to Creative Fibre
• You receive the CF magazine 4 times a year with updates on events around the country
• You are able to attend classes run and subsidised by CF 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.

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Area Delegate: Vicki Browne
Assistant Area Delegate: Cherry Estcourt
Secretary: Kathy Mitchell
Treasurer: Vicki Green
Education: Mieke Smit
Newsletter Editor/Database: Terri Cattell

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.

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Delegate: Helen Kipa
Secretary: Carolyn Cummins
Treasurer: Fran Crossland
Education: Sandra Brooks

The Wellington Creative Fibre Area extends from Levin across to Masterton and south to Cook Straight – 13 groups meet regularly, sharing and learning new skills. Teaching workshops are offered over a wide range of the textile disciplines ranging from rank beginners to the more experienced. These include spinning, knitting, felting, weaving, textile jewellery, tapestry weaving, crochet and textile art form. Often a mixture of techniques is used in one piece of work. The small groups exhibit on a regular basis and the whole area has a major exhibition biennially. Please feel free to contact our Area Delegate for any further information.

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Area Delegate: Vicki Klemm

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