What a totally decadent, long weekend – I managed to go to the Knitting & Stitching Show at Alexandra Palace for three days this year. Workshops, exhibitions and shopping…… how indulgent!
The show was full of traders from all over the UK and beyond – I arrived with my shopping list in hand and filled my bags with some lovely goodies….. Every year I tell myself I don’t need to buy anything, and yet every year I am astounded at what I do find to buy.
This year, my mind has been filled with embroidery, threads and surface design (especially following my recent visit to The Ashmolean Museum) – so I was drawn to the Goldwork stalls of Benton & Johnson (who hold the Royal Warrant) and The Golden Hind. I had several workshops, ranging from Paper Lamination, Gelli Printing to Hand Embroidery with the very talented James Hunting – What a fabulous chap!
Here are some photos from the show – more posts to follow…
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| Catherina Von Isenburg and her work ‘This Curious World’… she has an Etsy Shop too…. |
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| Caroline Bell and her Eco Printed pieces |
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| Lots of shopping, lots of visitors….never enough space ! |
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| Demonstration of Tapestry Weaving by Carolyn Perry of the British Tapestry Group |
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| By Helen Sill |
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| By Gina Ferrari |
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| By Ann Wheeler |
A pair of these ‘Sheffield made’ Wright & Sons Scissors came home with me…. love them !
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| Work by Jean Bennett |
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| The Sailors’ Society have a Wooly Hat Competition |
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| The large stained glass window at Alexandra Palace |
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| Happy Shoppers at the end of the day |
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| The view of the City of London from Alexandra Palace |