Recap: Knitting and Stitching Show 2023 – Part 1

Published on by Feltmakers Ireland

This year’s Knitting and Stitching Show in Harrogate opens on Thursday, the 21st and runs through the 24th of November.

Back in November 2023, several guild members attended The Knitting and Stitching Show in Harrogate.

Member Annika Berglund brings you today’s post from her visit last year. In the following days, we will have two additional posts from members. Naturally, the exhibitions and vendors may be different this year! For more information about the event, visit the Show’s website – https://www.theknittingandstitchingshow.com/harrogate/

By Annika Berglund

Knit and Stitch in Harrogate

Harrogate is a lovely little town with friendly people and an astonishing array of second-hand and vintage shops to browse in when you are not at the Knit and Stitch show.

At the Knit and Stitch, there are lovely exhibitions of textile work, endless shopping opportunities and a range of workshops.

A vintage shop in Harrogate, UK.

Fun with Favourite Feet

I did one sewing workshop. It was about different presser feet for the sewing machine and how they can help improve your sewing.

Samples of sewing machine presser feet.

These feet have little inbuilt guides that help you sew at a precise distance from an edge or support the edge of the fabric to make zigzagging the edge of the fabric neater. During the workshop, we got to play around with the different presser feet and see how useful they can be. After returning from the show, I have used a wider selection of feet in my sewing, and I can see the difference.

Barking Mad

This mixed media and embroidery workshop, Barking Mad, was taught by Alysn Midgelow Marsden and inspired by the tree bark. 

Mixed media textile sample made during the workshop.

We cut bits of fabric and dyed paper, adding them to a fabric background. We also used scraps of light metal from Nespresso coffee pods and cat food packets, where we scored patterns into the metal and dyed it with alcohol inks. Then, we made beads from the metal scraps or sewed the scraps directly onto the piece we were working on. I found this workshop very interesting, giving me ideas to incorporate more mixed media into my work going forward.

Thank you, Annika, for sharing your experiences at The Knitting and Stitching Show 2023 in Harrogate.

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