The hands-down highlight of today was a visit to WOW, the World of Wearable Art museum in Nelson. The museum houses a selection of garments from the most recent World of Wearable Art show held each year in the capital city, Wellington. The display of wild, intricate, and sometimes outrageous garments had everyone thinking and talking energetically about techniques, materials, and ideas for their own work.

In addition to WOW, we visited a lace museum, enjoyed a leisurely lunch at Siefrieds, a long-established Nelson winery, made the most of the sunshine in a walk along Kaiteriteri beach, and met with Nelson carftswomen who run a successful fibre arts cooperative in the heart of Nelson city.