{"id":719923,"date":"2026-06-06T23:27:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T23:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/719923\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T23:27:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T23:27:12","slug":"jindabynes-snowy-stitchers-social-club-knits-for-calm-during-ski-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/719923\/","title":{"rendered":"Jindabyne’s Snowy Stitchers Social Club knits for calm during ski season"},"content":{"rendered":"

A close-knit group have taken up their needles and yarn for a more low-key social scene as tourists descend on the NSW Snowy Mountains for the winter season.<\/p>\n

Nestled within the town of Jindabyne is the Snowy Stitchers Social Club, where members seek company and craft during the coldest months of the year.<\/p>\n

The pace of knitting is slow and calm, purposefully in contrast to the busyness of the official opening weekend of the ski season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“There’s this real mindset that you come and do a snow season and it’s all party, party, party,” said the club’s founder, Rachelle Edwards.<\/p>\n

“For some people, that’s just not their vibe.”<\/p>\n

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The NSW Snowy Mountains becomes busy with tourists over winter. (ABC South East NSW: Floss Adams)<\/p>\n

Ms Edwards took up knitting as a creative outlet during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

She formed the knitting club to help make blankets to be donated to op shops.<\/p>\n

But in the process, she found it improved her social life.<\/p>\n

“It’s really slowed down and made our lives purposeful and enjoyable, away from social media doom scrolling,” she said.<\/p>\n

“It gives them that camaraderie and it gives them that ability to feel safe in themselves.”\"Two<\/p>\n

Rachelle Edwards says knitting brings the community together. (Supplied: Rachelle Edwards)<\/p>\n

Kudos to knitters<\/p>\n

Australian Psychological Society vice-president Judy Marty said knitting could be considered a form of therapy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“That repetitive behaviour and action of creating something can be very mindful for people and have very real therapeutic value,” she said.<\/p>\n

“Absolute kudos to them, what a beautiful thing to do and bring people together.”<\/p>\n

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Jindabyne is an alpine town. (Supplied:\u00a0Matt DeWard)<\/p>\n

Ms Marty said there was a major benefit to joining a knitting group during winter, when it was common to see more social isolation and anxiety as a result of the cold temperatures and less daylight.<\/p>\n

“There’s a very real correlation \u2026 of winter being a time we associate with moods dipping,” she said.<\/p>\n

“So the capacity to actually find things to do \u2026 and to engage with others and connect is a real protective factor for wellness.”<\/p>\n

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The Snowy Stitchers Social Club is encouraging people to take up the hobby. (Supplied: Rachelle Edwards)<\/p>\n

The Snowy Stitchers Social Club in Jindabyne is gradually growing in numbers, with nearly 150 members on its books.<\/p>\n

Ms Edwards said the group was not just for long-time locals, but for seasonal workers who were seeking connection over the next three months.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She said first-timers were also welcome.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Having a weekly get together where you see the same familiar faces and you’re learning the same sort of craft is really important,” she said.<\/p>\n

“You can come completely as you are \u2026 and we’ll show you the ropes.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A close-knit group have taken up their needles and yarn for a more low-key social scene as tourists…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":719924,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[64,63,180291,107303,514,349022,85,537],"class_list":["post-719923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-craft","tag-knitting","tag-mental-health","tag-snowy-social-stitchers","tag-sports","tag-wellness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=719923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/719924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=719923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=719923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=719923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}