The Future of Domestic Machine Knitting in Australia

Machine knitting holds decades of skill, ingenuity, and lived experience in Australia. This short survey is an invitation to reflect on how machine knitting is learned, shared, and sustained today. Your insight matters. Your experience matters.

This short community reflection will take approximately 3-4 minutes and is anonym.


The aim of this survey is simply to listen.
Your responses are anonymous.

A group of women enjoying a cheerful gathering in a living room, with one woman sitting on a sofa laughing and others holding drinks, seen through a blurred foreground of plants.
A basket filled with balls of yarn in various colors next to knitted and crocheted items on a table with a green plant and red gift bags in the background.
Two women are engaged in a crafting activity at a table, focusing on their work. One is wearing a beige top and a headband, while the other has long dark hair and appears to be wearing glasses.
A person working on a knitting machine, creating a piece with red and pink yarn.
Two women working together on a knitting or textile project in a bright room, smiling and laughing as they work with a knitting machine or loom.
Two women smiling and working together on a craft project at a table, with one woman helping the other.
A basket of colorful yarn balls on a table with a small knitted item and a red shopping bag nearby.
Person working on a knitting loom with yarn ball, knitting tools, and patterns on a table.
Two women working together on a project at a table, surrounded by supplies and decorations.
A woman with long dark hair, glasses, and colorful earrings sitting on a beige chair, knitting a circular piece with orange and white yarn.
Four women sitting with their backs to the camera, embracing each other, in front of a plain white wall.
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