Betty Brown, a former owner of Wool Fashion and a Queenstown resident since 1973, with gallery manager and textile artist Sue Wademan, a resident of 10 years, and professional knitter Hiromi Yoshida, a resort resident of five years, present their handmade wearable wares in "Way Out Knitting".
Mrs Brown, Belfast born and Dunedin raised, employed 20 knitters in her Queenstown business in the early 1980s.
She has made three mohair jackets, priced at $175 each, plus leg warmers and two hats for the show.
"Knitting is relaxing and it's nice to see the finished product, if it turns out all right."
Ms Wademan said she was interested in the creative side of knitting and not so much in the fashion side.
She selected prayer dresses, meditation shawls and sacred scarves from her "Blessing on the Wind" collection, made from Nepalese saris and threads.
However, she had gone into woolly babies' and children's hats for the showcase, after making them for infants of friends and relatives.
"Way Out Knitting" items ranged from $8 woollen key fobs to a $3000 wool, cotton, silk, mohair, alpaca and synthetic umbrella, created by Miss Yoshida, which won the accessory prize at the Alexandra Blossom Festival's Wool On fashion event two years ago.
Miss Yoshida, who works at the Kiwi Gift Shop, said she enjoyed the different colours and materials involved in knitting.
"I knit for friends and family and I'm quite amazed one long thread can turn into a garment."
