About Laurel
Laurel Judd is a renowned knitwear designer and fibre artist. She is a feature artist in the book 'Stitch - Contemporary Artists in New Zealand' as well as featuring in numerous national and international magazines and newspaper articles.
Laurel is a well respected national and international judge and tutor in the fields of machine knitting, and textile art and design.
Laurel has a profound passion for entering Fashion and Fibre Awards, which give her the impetus to explore new techniques and push boundaries. These attributes give her the drive to always go that little bit further in designing and creating something truly unique and special.
Her successes include: 
- Winner Supreme Award WoolOn Awards 2009
- Winner Children's Wear Alpaca Expo 2009
- Winner NZMKS Championship Cup,
Designer Trophy, Creative Cup 2009
- Accepted into Award Show of the World of
Wearable Art 2008
- Winner Wool-On-Awards Awards 2008
- Winner Supreme Award NZMKS 2008
- Winner Opotiki Fleece and Fibre Awards 2008
- Finalist Style Pacifica Awards 2008
- Winner Contemporary Fashion Award CFF 2007
- Winner Silk Award CFF 2007
- Winner Knit World Award CFF 2007
- Winner Supreme Award NZ Alpaca Expo 2006
- Winner Reserve Champion NZ Alpaca Expo 2006
- Winner Supreme Award Wool-On-Awards 2006
- Winner Supreme Fashion Award NZMKS 2006
- Winner Children's Wear Award CFF 2006
- Winner Contemporary Fashion Award CFF 2006
- Winner Champion of Champions Trophy NZMKS - 2005
- Winner Supreme Fashion Award NZMKS - 2005
- Winner Creative Cup, Creative Award,
Shepherd Trophy NZMKS - 2005
- Winner Creative Fibre Accent Fibre Award - 2005
- Winner Knit World Award - 2005
- Winner Hokonui Fashion Awards
Best use of Fibre - 2004
- Winner Hawkes Bay Review - Fibre Award - 2004
- Winner Bridal/Evening Wear Award -
Opotiki Fleece and Fibre Festival 2004
- Winner Merit Knitting Award -Opotiki Fleece
and Fibre Festival 2004
- Winner Fleece and Fibre Festival Dyers Award- 2004
- Winner Wine Country Fashion Design
Awards Knitwear in Fashion 2002
- Winner Wine Country Fashion Design Award -
Children's Wear 2002
- Winner Creative Fibre Designer Trophy 2002
- Winner Creative Fibre Special Judges Award 2002
- Winner NZ Woolcraft - Goldingham Award 2000, 2002
- Winner NZ Woolgroup Award 2000
- Winner NZ Woolcraft Festival 2000
- Winner NZ Woolcraft Mohair Award 1999
- Winner Brother Fibre to Fashion Award 1989
- Winner World Merino Conference Knitting Award 1998
- Winner NZMKS Supreme Fashion Award
1995, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002
- Winner NZMKS Champion of Champions
1992, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001
- Finalist Benson and Hedges Fashion Awards 1991
- Winner of the New Zealand
Capital Wool Awards.1989 1990
CFF - Creative Fibre Fashion Awards
NZMKS - New Zealand Machine Knitters Society
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