Join us at Olympia for the biggest, best and brightest show this spring. Step into a world of new craft techniques and ideas, or celebrate your old favourites!

Hundreds of exhibitors have their stands stocked with the best stitch and craft supplies – you won’t be able to resist! You’ll find new inspiration from the most creative crafters and you can learn everything you need about knitting, stitching and papercrafting from the top experts!

Visit Stitch & Craft and get your knitting fix this spring! Join Simply Knitting and The Knitter and you’ll find beautiful yarn and knitting notions to buy, and you’ll get the chance to meet the experts and discover something new in our workshops.

Plus lots more including; follow the Alan Dart Treasure Trail, come and see the largest knitting needles in the world! Plus see Rachel John’s ‘Extreme Knitting’!

Whether you love cross stitch, tapestry or embroidery you’ll find lots to inspire you and plenty to fill your shopping bags! We have more stitching companies under one roof than you have ever dreamed of!

• Find your favourite celebrity in the Stitch a Star competition display area, care of CrossStitcher Magazine.

• Join the Make and Take workshops with the Cross Stitch Guild supported by Madeira and Zweigart. In their informal daily classes you can learn exciting new counted thread stitches in Cross Stitch Plus at 11.00am, make the Ten Stitch Sampler at 12.15pm, and experience Hardanger for the Horrified at 1.30pm or Heavenly Hemstitch at 2.45pm. You’ll receive a bag of goodies from Madeira and Zweigart and learn from the best stitching experts in the country!

If you love making your own cards or treasuring your memories with scrapbook layouts, Stitch & Craft is the show for you. There are lots of new techniques to try – and a chance to catch up with papercraft’s biggest TV star Dawn Bibby, plus come and meet the team from Papecraft Inspirations.

• FREE daily demonstrations with experts including QVC’s Dawn Bibby and Clare Curd from DoCrafts.Places are limited so book your place early.

• We’ll have a scrapbooking studio once again where you can try out new tools and equipment while you get great advice from the experts.

• Book your place on one of DoCrafts daily workshops – they’ll be helping you develop all your scrapbooking and card-making skills.

There’s plenty to do and see once you’ve done all your shopping!

Q&A Sessions with the stars

• Meet QVC’s Dawn Bibby, Emily Peacock, or DoCraft’s Clare Curd – you can ask all the craft the questions you’ve always wanted to.

• Help save the planet with Morsbags – come along and create your own cloth bag to re-use over and over again. You’ll never need another plastic bag!

• Try a new craft with DoCraft’s brand new jewellery-making workshops.

Show News
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Meet stitching expert Jan Constantine! With a design background in fashion, interiors and styling, Jan has gathered together her experience to produce her own collection. The Constantine Collection includes original, hand-embroidered designs that feature on exquisite textiles and home accessories. Buy tickets

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Come along and see Carol Meldrum’s Knitted Icons. Carol’s Knitted Icons are small characters created in knit, of well known celebrities including Madonna, Elvis Presley and Audrey Hepburn, and many of these small characters will be on display at the Stitch & Craft Show. Alongside this display, Carol will also be showing her Beatknit range of hand felted crochet & knitted jewellery. Click here for tickets

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