The Spring Knitting and Stitching Show Comes to Olympia on Thursday

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Tickets still available for those who didn't win free entry in our competition

Thanks to everyone who entered our very popular competition to win pairs of tickets to the Spring Knitting & Stitching Show which comes to Olympia London from this Thursday, 1 March till Sunday 4 March.

The ten lucky winners have now been notified. But if you didn't win, you can still attend the show, which is open from 10am till 7pm on Thursday, 10am till 5.30pm on Friday and Saturday and 10am till 5pm on Sunday.

The show, the UK’s biggest textile art, craft and design event is the place to be for anyone keen to start an exciting textile craft project, learn a new skill or buy their first sewing machine.

From embroidery to dressmaking, needle felting to crochet, there are over 200 workshops and free demonstrations hosted by expert tutors, covering every textile craft imaginable.

Whether you’re a complete beginner, an expert seamstress or somewhere in between, there is something for everyone, and with nine workshop classrooms, it’s the biggest Spring show programme ever. Workshops are bookable in advance on the show website. Prices start at £15 for one hour, including all materials needed. Places sell out quickly so early booking is recommended.

If craft shopping is your bag, you’ll find plenty of opportunity to indulge in a little retail therapy with more than 150 specialist retailers under one roof. From yarn and fabric, buttons and beads to the latest sewing machines and gadgets, we guarantee you won’t go home empty-handed.

Galleries by leading textile artists, graduates and groups are sure to inspire, with exhibitions by Kate Whitehead (Not From The Stork), Anne Kelly (Folk Tales), Dionne Swift and her students from around the world (Collective Stitches), City Lit (Making), The Quilters Guild (Commemorating World War 1) and SAQA (Concrete & Grassland).

Contemporary cross stitch kingpin, Mr X Stitch (Jamie Chalmers) will be hosting The Mr X Stitch Guide to Cross Stitch, featuring new work by artists pushing the boundaries of the genre, plus cross stitch and canvas work from the Royal School of Needlework archives.

 

Tickets for the show are on sale now from the Spring Knitting and Stitching Show or by calling 0844 581 1319. Tickets are also available on the door.

February 26, 2018