Wairarapa Wool Weekend is a fibrecraft event designed to promote the Wairarapa region and the New Zealand wool industry while acknowledging te ao Māori and developing a whanaungatanga, or community, of crafters.
Held once every two years, each muster (gathering) will be based in a different Wairarapa town to allow participants to discover and explore the greater Wairarapa region. To add an international flavour each event will have a focus on a country or region where people have emigrated to New Zealand from, and celebrating the craft and culture they have brought with them. In support of this there will be a guest speaker and/or workshop tutor who will share their love and knowledge of the unique craft history and identity of the area. This year’s international guest speaker and workshop tutor is the designer Gudrun Johnston, renowned for her Shetland designs and personal connection to the area.
Activities will include fibrecraft workshops, public talks, a traders hall, tree planting ceremony, lights up crafting, craft café evenings, specialist tasting sessions and a gala evening event.
Details
- Friday 21 March, 10.00 to 3.45, for registrants only
- Saturday 22 March, 9.00 to 3.45, for registrants only
- Sunday 23 March, 10.00 to 2.45, open to the public, free of charge
- Note that the event also includes Thursday 20 March, but there is no Traders’ Hall on that day
- Cobblestones Museum Complex, Greytown
- For more details, see the Woolfeast page on Facebook
What We’re (Probably) Bringing to Wairarapa Wool Weekend
- Hedgehog Fibres (including Sock Yarn (and Sock Yarn minis) and Alpaca Boucle!)
- Juniper Moon Farm (including Patagonia Organic Merino and Moonshine)
- Urth Yarns (including all the yarn and patterns you need to make the famous Papillon Shawl and the amazing Airbender Shawl)
- Anzula Luxury Fibres (including the super sparkly Nebula and the ever so soft Cloud)
- KnitPro needles, tools and accessories
- Hiyahiya needles, tools and accessories
- Lykke needle kits and totes
- Magazines and books including all the newest releases we have on hand
- Stitch dictionaries and other books
- Kylie and the Machine sew-in labels
- Our in-house enamel pins
- Wooden shawl pins and other hand-made items
- Scissors, stitch markers, tins, and other fun extras
Want us to bring something in particular? Let us know!
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…for information about new arrivals, inspiration and ideas, and tutorials – and the very occasional sale
