Voodoo Lounge - an array of yarn suppliers, designers, 'knitting shops' etc.

Village Yarns, Whipton - Exeter

Suzie Johnson - The Wool Sanctuary

..listening to the poetry

...Anne's 'skills sharing corner'

 

 

 

KNIT expo 2010 (Spring)

Exeter Phoenix Arts Centre - 17th April 2010. www.exeterphoenix.org.uk

 

Exhibitors/Sellers & Experts

Anne Sercombe, Belinda Harris-Reid Designs, Caprafiba (Marjorie Jarvis), Caroline Smith, CazzCraft (Christina Konrath), Devon Fine Fibres (Lesley Prior), Doreen Finlay-Davies (MD of the British School of Knitting), Ella's Knitting (Ruth Morris), Emily Angus, Fiddle Sticks Devon (Barbara Brook), Heavenly Yarns (Jane Stavert), Helen King (Sock-Making Machines), Hemp Fabric UK (Samantha Pickering), Irwin Godfrey, Knit one Weave one (Jo McIntosh), The Wool Sanctuary (Suzie Johnson), Village Yarns (Jane Prince & Pamela Brewer), Woolcake (Debbie Hillyerd), Sylvia Llecha (L'ugly Design), Ewa Shephard & Sharon Jane (5 Moon Yarns) Bev Beattie (Knitting4fun), Lindsey Skinner (Hall for Cornwall), Juliet Brown (Artists Palette Yarns), Ruth Strickley (The Little Wool Company), Philomena Wynne (3d artist) & Angela Wickenden

 

 

 

Twisting Yarns Creative Writing Workshop

Facilitated/performed by Nell Turner and Rachel Vowles... creative writing in process

 

Cabaret 'Moments'

Thank you to: John Elliott, Jamie Benzies, Susan Taylor, Zion Lights, James Turner, Knitting Bingo (caller Rachel Vowles), David Heathfield, Sara Hurley & Multi-Vox (above).

Masterclasses

  • How to knit - Ruth Morris
  • Knitting Design Workshop -- Doreen Finlay-Davies
  • Where do we go from here?  - Jennifer Clark
  • Flower Corsage - Bev for Knitting4Fun

 

...learning to knit

 

Past Yarns & Woolly Tales

 

Notes were pinned to a board;, thoughts about knitting, the whys and wherefores of the wonderful world of all thing knitting.

  • Knitting is FUN! - Kelly
  • My Mum knite's (knits) me clols (clothes) - Kimberley
  • I enjoy knitting because it helps me to relax.
  • As women we rip, weave, knit and start again. Our life is a woven cloth, a tapestry of colour mistakes, roads leading to joy!
  • She had Nits and Pearls in her Woolly Hair!
  • Multi-cultural Knitting ROCKS. Shared Skills, Shared Lives...
  • My stepmother used to knit and crochet when seeing clients as a psycho-analyst! The clients found it relaxing!
  • I love (hearts) knitting (smiley faces)
  • Today I learnt how to purl and how to cast on - very fun! - Hannah
  • Knitting my scarf is soo fun!
  • I sleep better when I knit in the evenings - Manda
  • I learnt more new knitting techniques knitting an origami octopus in a couple of hours than I had learnt in my entire knitting life.
  • You can make money out of selling cakes! (smiley face)
  • Knitting is GOOD for YOU! - Heavenly Yarns Rocks
  • I go to Heavenly Yarns on a weds ever - sit & knit - so much fun and made new chums - KD x
  • Already a really good forum for networking with other knitters from Devon !!
  • I knit. Do you? Would you like to knit more? When?
  • Very good - and I hope you have more - but maybe be better to put the prices down - but lovely all the same.
  • Knitting helped me to stop smoking - Becky (Exeter)
  • Knitting is my meditation! (smiley) - Zion x
  • My mum is great - she is wooly good! - Evie
  • Knitting is a lot of fun - Helen
  • Knitting shows me that I am capable of facing any challenge.
  • Relacs (Relax) - when i KNIT and then I sleep better.