For the past 3 years, London Craft Week has become a highlight of the creative calendar with all sorts of exciting workshops, demonstrations and talks taking place across town. These celebrate the most unique and interesting craft skills London has to offer. Ranging from whisky tasting to watchmaking to weaving there is something to interest everyone. […]
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Goldwork bumps are back in stock!
For those of you who are interested in Goldwork, our goldwork bumps are back in stock! Available in white and yellow, the soft string padding are used to give height to goldwork pieces! It has a total of 60m in individual strands, loosely twisted together making it perfect to practise your raising techniques! We have also added […]
Karen Nicol
Beautiful, textural piece using a combination of different techniques If you’re not yet familiar with Karen Nicol’s work the we suggest you start looking! Karen Nicol is an embroiderer and mixed media artist, who also specialises in fashion and interiors from a London based design studio. Interiors Work Some of her work has been used by Anthropologie, […]
Kate Jenkins
Kate Jenkins opened up her unique fish mongers at the Knitting and Stitching show in Alexandra Palace this October. What made her fish shop so unique was that it was entirely made from knitting and crocheting! The whole collection took Kate Jenkins a total of 9 months to complete, and at a first glance looks exceptionally […]
The Knitting & Stitching Show at Alexandra Palace
Last week, the Knitting and Stitching show was on at Alexandra palace from the 5th to the 9th of October. Norwegian knitting sensations, Arne and Carlos opened the show that 10am on the Wednesday of the 7th of October. Not only was there hundreds of craft – based retailers to browse (or treat yourself in), there […]
Embroiderers Exhibition Guide to London This Christmas
Whether your looking for the London experience this Christmas, or are looking to get away from the hustle and bustle we think we have a suggestion to suit you. We’ve picked our favourite exhibitions to visit this holiday season in the hope of inspiring you to get out and about: The British Museum currently have […]