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Got a reminder in the post yesterday from Twisted Thread. I first went to one of their shows back in Dublin a good 6 years or so, when it was in one of the smaller halls at the RDS. I watched it grow over the following years, but was always a little disappointed at the size of the show – one it was small, literally, with fewer exibitors than the UK versions of the show. So many of the UK based exbitiors simply couldnt be bothered to pack their bags up for a few days to come over – I don’t know whether the stands were also too expensive. Anyway, the size of the halls cramped their styles, which meant that the paths between the stands were always small. When you are surrounded by little old women with sticks that you don’t want to knock over, so you are being all polite, only for the little blighters to stand on your foot or elbow you out the way it’s not an awful lot of fun!
Last year was the first time that I went to the one in Birmingham and it was the first time they had held it there. What a difference! Many more of the bigger names were there (including Jane Greenoff and husband Bill, literally weeks before he went down sick). Fewer people there, and much larger lanes. Was surprised, but rather pleased, that there was enough room for people in wheelchairs to zoom around and get in close – also without getting in my way either! Something that would be impossible in Dublin, which must be a shame as there are so few crafting (knitting, sewing etc), facilities in Dublin, and even fewer available to those less abled.
Anyway, the shows are coming around again in the next few months. The festival of quilts is on at the NEC between 16-19 August, and the Knitting and Stitching show is on a month later at the same place, between 13th and 16th September
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