Harrogate Convention Centre is all set to offer a stitched tribute to the late Queen, presumes to be one of the highlights of the event next month.
The Knitting & Stitching Show, the UK’s biggest textile event, will take a formal start on November 17 with offering respects to the Queen. Other highlights of this year’s show, include more than 220 hands-on workshops and demonstrations led by top tutors, a dedicated Dressmaking Studio, spectacular galleries by internationally-acclaimed textile artists, the Hawes Yarnbombers’ Knitted Shrek exhibition, hot and cold refreshments and a Prosecco Bar.
From quilted crowns and crochet Corgis to embroidered orbs and patchwork portraits, the show is welcoming commemorative pieces of all shapes and sizes, old or new in all textile media. Organizers are inviting the textile craft community to contribute to a display of stitched, sewn and knitted pieces that celebrate the late Queen’s incredible 70-year reign.
Anna Baptiste, event director, said: “We wanted to mark this momentous occasion with a wonderful, stitched celebration of Her Majesty’s life. “Crafting can be an extremely helpful outlet for grief and a comfort in challenging times and we hope knitters, stitchers and textile crafters near and far will create something special for the show’s display which thousands of visitors will get to enjoy.”
