LOCALS interested in working with textiles will have an opportunity to attend a camp where they can eat, sleep, and breathe the crafts.<\/p>\n
The four-day camp, run by Bendigo Spinners, Weavers and Handcraft, will run from Monday 23 to Thursday 26 October at Camp Getaway at Axedale.<\/p>\n
Member of the group Julie Hutchieson said she came up with the idea to set aside time where people can take a break and focus on doing what they love.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe idea is that you come along and you don\u2019t have to worry about preparing meals or looking after husbands or anything like that,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can just have dedicated crafting time.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have a couple of workshops organised and it\u2019s pretty much just sit out in the sun and spin, and knit, and chat.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s just a break from everyday life, and I\u2019ve found that you always learn something from the people around you.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ms Hutchieson said attendees can bring their own projects to work on or can start new ones with provided materials, and there will be two workshops.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019ll be spinning wheels and weaving looms and stuff like that,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut the two workshops are indigo dyeing, which is a specialised kind of dyeing. It\u2019s a plant-based dye, and it\u2019s what gets you the blues in jeans and stuff like that.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a lady from Newstead who\u2019s going to do that workshop, and the other one is a basket-weaving workshop with a lady from Bendigo using raffia.<\/p>\n
\u201cit\u2019s a fairly casual sort of thing, if you feel like doing a workshop, you can, if you just feel like sitting and chatting or knitting or whatever.\u201d<\/p>\n
There will also be a \u2018fibre sandwich\u2019, which Ms Hutchieson said was where spinners can bring wool or felt to add to that of others which gets spun into a blend of them all.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou get back the same amount you put in, but it will be a mixture of colours to be a theme,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI love doing that, it\u2019s lots of fun.\u201d<\/p>\n