Today I went to the knitting and stitching show held in London's Alexandra Palace. It was a big day, really tiring, but enjoyable. It was predominately knitting and craft related stands, but there was quite a few stands dedicated to dress materials and notions too. But I can't believe I didn't buy anything!!
There was a lot of space dedicated to displays of all things wool and fabric related. I loved the hand knitting area, this stuff is really impressive:
I also did a 2 hour workshop to learn a technique for pattern making. It's based on building the pattern on the dress form so as to be creative with seam placement and design. The technique consists of wrapping tape around paper on the form, then drawing the design onto it. Once the paper is cut off the form, it's flattened out in order to trace it out to make a pattern piece.
I think my design needs a little (well okay, a lot!) of work, but this really is a great concept and it would be brilliant to actually use it and make something by it one day.
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