Northern Grampians Shire Council has named the Winter Woollies Festival the Community Event of the Year in the Australia Day awards.
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Woolly success: David Rayner, Mayor Murray Emmerson, Cr Kevin Erwin and festival representatives Estelle Hirst and Jenny Greenberger.
The inaugural Winter Woollies Festival in Stawell partnered with the existing Model Railroaders Exhibition and Stawell Neighbourhood House to raise funds for Eventide Homes.
The festival aimed to encourage people from Stawell and the wider region to put their creativity to the test by knitting, crocheting, and spinning with wool to create winter warmers.
More than 1,000 people attended the display with almost $4,000 being donated to Eventide as a result.
Activities included yarn bombing, pom pom competitions, and workshops on an array of woolen crafts.
