Association of New Zealand Embroiderers Guild

The official website, with information about local guilds, upcoming events and embroidery training.

Creative Fibre, the New Zealand Spinning, Weaving and Woolcrafts Society

The official website of the New Zealand organisation for all fibre crafts, with over 3,000 members.

Kiwiyarns Knit

An enthusiast’s blog devoted to knitting and New Zealand yarns.

New Zealand Lace Society

The official website for lace makers, collectors and enthusiasts.

New Zealand spinning wheels and their makers

An identification guide, containing the stories behind numerous New Zealand-made spinning wheels, some rare.

Papercut – tricks of the trade

Tutorials on basic sewing skills from a New Zealand-made sewing pattern company.

Abbott, Jean, and Shirley Bourke. Spin a yarn, weave a dream: a history of the New Zealand Spinning, Weaving and Woolcrafts Society Inc, 1969-1994. North Shore: New Zealand Spinning, Weaving and Woolcrafts Society, 1994.

Else, Anne, ed. Women together: a history of women’s organisations in New Zealand. Wellington: Daphne Brasell Associates, 1993.

McLeod, Rosemary. Thrift to fantasy: home textile crafts of the 1930s-1950s. Auckland: HarperCollins Publishers, 2007.

New Zealand Fashion Museum. Home sewn: with patterns from 10 leading New Zealand designers. Auckland: Penguin, 2012.

Nicholson, Heather. The loving stitch: a history of knitting and spinning in New Zealand. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 1999.