Knit and Stitch show

A little misrepresented...

I went to Birmingham on Friday to attend what I thought was a knit and stitch show, hoping to get the wool for my next project. I dragged my boyfriend along, we both took the day off work and drove in the terrible snow conditions to 'sunny' Brummy.

I paid for us both to go in and entered my boyfriends worst nightmare! :)

The first stall we saw were a very friends GirlGuiding Midlands stall (I think it was Midlands) They had lots of badges and merchandise (luckily for my purse I already had most of it!) and we had a little chat with them. Its always nice to see like minded people, and for my boyfriend to see some more ideas of lovely presents for me.

So we turned left and started from the beginning. Not that there was a beginning as unlike Ikea you could go any direction you wanted which was a nightmare with women and their wheely suitcases everywhere! 

There were some lovely stalls, lots for embroidery and habidashery, card making and some exhibitions of students work. 

I found two knitting stalls. Just TWO! One the wool was all over the floor in a massive pile and there were women everywhere diving through like a jumble sale. The other was much nicer and the lady helped me pick my wool, which resulted in me not buying it from her! 

I had picked my wool as a replacement for the one in the pattern as it would have cost me well over £100 to make other wise. The problem was my pattern is on size 10 needles, and even though I had picked up 'chunky' wool it wasn't chunky enough. The Lady taught me that I needed to look for what needle size was suggested on the packet and that would give me a good indication. I had picked one using 5 1/2 needles so it was clearly no good. She told me what I really need is 'super chunky' wool as this is going to be more suitable for me. They had none with them at the show but they gave me their website (www.abakhan.co.uk) and a money off voucher so I could get it at the same price as the show.

Feeling sorry for my self as I hadn't bought anything I subscribed to 'lets Knit' magasine, at 3 issues for £6 and a free goody bag worth £6. This made me feel a little better and gave me lots to look at when I got home. It has a pattern and kit to make some egg warmer's in the shape of bunnies which I may try for easter gifts, so all is not lost!

Note to self - check it really is a knitting show before braving the elements!!