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Australian Spinning & Weaving Guilds (in capital cities):

  • Canberra Spinners and Weavers Inc.
PO Box 622, Dickson, ACT 2602,  ph. (02) 6247 1048  (Meetings at:  'Kurrajong', cnr. Sherbrooke & Angas St, Ainslie ACT)  website:  www.csw.org.au

  • Hand Weavers and Spinners Guild of New South Wales
PO Box 578, Burwood, NSW 1805  (Meetings at: 205 Burwood Road, Burwood)  website:  www.nsweave.org.au

  • Queensland Spinners, Weavers & Fibre Artists Ltd.
PO Box 1271, Milton Business Centre, Milton Qld. 4064, ph. (07) 3371 0009. fax (07) 3371 0177  (Meetings at: 12 Payne Street, Auchenflower),
website:  www.qldspinners.org.au,

  • Handweavers, Spinners & Dyers Guild of Tasmania
PO Box 674, Sandy Bay, Tas., 7006 website: www.hwsdguildtasmania.org

  • Handweavers & Spinners Guild of Victoria
12-20 Shakespeare St., Carlton North, Vic. 3054,  ph. 9347 3088 or fax 9347 3108  website:  www.vicnet.net.au/~handspin/index.htm

  • Handweavers', Spinners' and Dyers' Guild of Western Australia Inc
PO Box 446, Inglewood, WA 6932,  ph. 9370 5004  (Meetings at: Alexander Park Craft House, Clyde Rd, Menora)
website: http://weaversguild.wordpress.com



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Australian sources of materials, equipment, etc:
  • Fibres (hand painted rovings, silk tops and yarns.  Also sari silks, unusual fibres and more) now available from a website.
website:  www.kathysfibres.com 
  • Spinning, Weaving, Dyeing and Felting Supplies as well as handwoven items from bellatextiles,  Cnr Greenfield Rd & Fowler St. Seaview Downs. Hours: Th, F, S 10am-4pm.  Ph. 8296 3428 or email info@bellatextiles.com.au. 
  • Ertoel, makers of the electronic spinners and carding machines (both hand and electronic) 254 Flaxen Hills Rd, Doreen (Melbourne), Victoria 3754. Ph. (03) 9717 6196. email:ertoel@bigpond.com.
website:  www.ertoel.com


  • Alpaca fibre, yarns and more
website:  www.granitehavenllamas.com.au

  • Lazy kates, yarn swifts, bobbins, etc, made in wood

  • Wallaby fur to spin or felt:

  • Turned spindles and other spinning equipment, all handmade in Tasmania!

  • all sorts of yarns and equipment:

  • Eco-friendly Tasmanian furs and fibres:

  • Waratah Fibres  (hand dyed fibres & yarns)





Regular Spinning or Weaving Events in Australia:

  • Highland Spin-in and Longest Thread Competition
(entry forms due in Dec every second year)  PO Box 59, Bothwell, Tasmania 7030 
website: www.bothwellspinin.com.

  • International Back to Back Wool Challenge
(in which teams of spinners and knitters shear a sheep, spin the wool and knit a jumper and raise money for Cancer research on or before 7th June each year.  Overall organisation of the event is handled by Wendy Dennis in Victoria).  
website: www.tarndwarncoort.com


Contacts from around the World:

  • Association of Guilds of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers (UK) who are the publishers of The Journal for Weavers, Spinners and Dyers, a quarterly magazine.
        website: www.wsd.org.uk and         
        www.thejournalforwsd.org.uk

  • Handweavers Guild of America: who are the publishers of the quarterly magazine Shuttle, Spindle and Dyepot. 
website:  http://weavespindye.org

  • Interweave Press: (publishers of books and magazines on spinning, weaving and related crafts)
website:  http://interweave.com
  • Ashford (New Zealand makers of spinning and weaving equipment) 
website: ashford.co.nz
  • Ruthe Stowe's Weaving World: (a useful source of all sorts of spinning and weaving information) 
website:  www.weavingworld.ca