About us

NSW Machine Knitters is about promoting and encouraging the craft of machine knitting within NSW.

We are statewide association based in NSW, Australia since the 1980s and aim to bring together those who practise, or wish to practise machine knitting and associated techniques.

We aim to

  • Educate people to increase their knowledge, understanding and skills in machine knitting.
  • Engage with the community on the art of machine knitting.
  • Promote machine knitting within NSW.
  • Give to others through machine knitting for charity.

    • We do this by

  • Providing demonstrations, workshops, exhibitions, and teaching.
  • Providing resource materials, disseminating information, and publishing a quarterly Newsletter.
  • Participating in community shows, events, including prizes and assisting with machine knitting judging.
  • Facilitating sales, repairs and maintenance of knitting machines, parts and yarns.
  • Supporting knitting machine groups and clubs within NSW, Australia.

    • our values are:
    Integrity – operating ethically and responsibly with everyone we come across
    Respect – for all knitters and non-knitters from all walks of life
    Generosity – giving of our time, knowledge, and knitting
    Friendship – forging bonds through the joy of machine knitting
    Collaboration – working together

     

    Current Committee

    President – Margaret Tulloh
    Secretary – Janne Moran
    Treasurer – Michelle Ricketts
    Newsletter Editor – Margaret Tulloh
    For Sale – Bronwyn Allen
    Eleanor Goldfinch
    Janne Moran
    Judy Shultz
    Liz Mc Nally
    Lorna Roache
    Phillippa Bourke