The Knitting and Stitching Show – Alexandra Palace

The UK Hyperbolic Coral Reef

Walking into the entrance of Alexandra Palace in London when The Knitting and Stitching Show is on is always a colourful and lively experience. This year visitors were greeted with a giant crocheted coral reef by crocheters from around the world. The Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef has been created by crocheters from all over the world and managed by the The Institute For Figuring.

This installation was just the Uk contigent still in its growing stage, and was sewn together by Sara Noble. and another crocheter.  

The show was busy and full of women (and a few men) carting around bags and pull along trolleys to store all their new woolly wonders.

A few of my favourite exhibitors were:

• Jan Beaney’s ‘Out of the Mist’, ‘In Decline’ and ‘End of Season’ embroideries.

• The Mechanical Drawing exhibition of The Schiffli Project: Alice Kettle’s ‘Nepenthe’, Stephen Dixon and Alison Welsh, and Lynn Setterington.

• Louise Gardiner

I also came across a company called Cornish Organic Wool who are really passionate about well, cornish organic wool and I was so impressed by them and their enthusiasm wanted to link to them. Beautiful colours and knitting patterns and very soft wool.