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STITCH FEST BY THE SEA
Exhibitor List 2025
We're thrilled to bring together an inspiring collection of makers, indie businesses, and artisan producers from across the UK’s vibrant fibre arts community.
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Explore stalls bursting with beautiful skeins, handcrafted notions, pattern books, project bags, kits, and more. Chat with the makers, learn about their processes, and maybe even find your next favourite indie dyer or designer.
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Each exhibitor brings their own unique flair and passion for textile art – so take your time, have a wander, and enjoy the creative energy buzzing through the Winter Gardens Pavilion!
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All Wool That Ends Wool
A bright and bold selection of hand dyed yarn, including hand painted, mini skeins and self stripe. Handmade stitch markers, yarn cosies, resin buttons and handcrafted yarn bowls.
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A Little Craft Room
Nicola's crochet and knitting designs will be on sale, in addition to some small bits and bobs to facilitate (and enable!) your crafting. Samples of the patterns will also be on display to showcase the designs. Patterns include a range of wearables, homewares, and accessories, and Nicola is always happy to discuss and give more information on all patterns.
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Allium Threads
At Allium Threads natural dyes to are used to colour yarn, embroidery thread, ribbons, fabric and weaving yarn. Using plants from the garden and nearby give unique colours. There are knitting patterns influenced by historic textiles and dress and by the countryside and natural forms and kits for these.
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Blacklands Alpacas
Blacklands Alpacas has been breeding alpacas and producing fleece and yarn for around 20 years, producing the finest, softest fleece. Once processed, either spun into yarn or as tops some is hand dyed, some is sold and some is taken further and made into knitted/crotched/woven items or used in their kits. They also have some entire alpaca fleeces available.
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Bluebell Yarns
Bluebell Yarns hand-dyes wool and alpaca yarn sourced from the UK and Falkland Islands. A range of yarn weights are available including 4ply, DK and Aran. All the yarn is processed in the UK, is synthetic free and has not been superwash treated. There is no single use plastic used in the dyeing process, and water is used carefully to minimise wastage.
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Cozy20sHooks
Cozy20sHooks is a small business selling custom crochet and knitting accessories. Beaded crochet hooks are their best seller as they create a fun, ergonomic hook that is comfortable to use. Silicone beads and toppers can also be added to keychains, pens, stitch markers, knitting needles, bookmarks ect. Accessories such as stitch maker tins and yarn bowls will be new releases available at markets this year.
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Curated Yarn Co
Curated Yarn Co. is a yarn brand that draws inspiration from the past to create beautiful, vibrant yarns. Offering Yarn, Clubs, Mini Sets, Curated Boxes and Advent Calendars, we collaborate with other makers and pattern designers to offer exquisite fibre inspired treats that compliment your hand dyed yarn and cosy up your knitting space.
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DawnGillDesigns
Dawn believes beautiful, handmade jewellery shouldn’t cost the earth, keeping her pricing and ecological footprint to a minimum - She creates her sustainable, handcrafted sterling silver jewellery, crochet / knitting toollery - including sterling bodkins, snag-free stitchmarkers/keepers, needle tidies and tension guides ideal for Fair Isle/colourwork as well as standard yarnwork using sustainable and natural chemicals such as citric acid; vegan polishes; recycling all scrap, generating hydrogen gas using solar power
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Dragon Knot Studio
www.folksy.com/shops/DragonKnotStudio
The Dragon Knot Studio has been creating one off unique pieces of jewellery and other items that are knotted using all types of cord /yarn for the past 15 years. The items use the techniques of Oriental knotting: Chinese Knotting, Japanese Kumihimo, Korean Maeduep with European influences. The Dragon Knot Studio also creates Micro-Macramé items that have brought this traditional technique into the modern era.
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Dyeing Made Easy
Dyeing Made Easy offer a fascinating home dyeing course, that comes to you in a box once a month. Learn everything from basic immersion dyeing, to sprinkles & stripes. Blend your own colours, and keep a personal collection of recipes in your FREE dyeing journal.
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Em Cross Ceramics
www.instagram.com/emilycross3810
Handmade wheelthrown ceramic yarnbowls and other tools for fibre and textile artists made by her, in her West Country studio. Em is experienced in or has at least dabbled in all the fibre crafts which has informed her designs to make them as functional as possible whilst still looking beautiful, fun, quirky and unique.
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Fabazaar
A kaleidoscope of colourful world textiles, hand felted homeware, scarves, toys & accessories; & block printed garments designed by Fabazaar; a selection of natural fibre yarns, fabrics and garments: Himalayan hemp, nettle & yak wool; unusual sewing accessories hand crafted in Nepal and much more! All bought direct from the makers and sourced individually by Fabazaar in India, Nepal & Thailand.
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Flock Fibre Crafts
Flock Fibrecrafts offers high-quality British fibre for spinning & felting, hand-dyed & Handspun yarn in a range of vibrant colors, and beautifully hand-felted gifts & crafts. Whether you're a spinner, crafter, or looking for unique, handmade treasures, we have something special for you. All our products are carefully & locally sourced and crafted to inspire creativity and add a personal touch to your projects.
Ginger Pink Yarns
Ginger Pink Yarns produce plant dyed wool with locally foraged and homegrown plants which result in a beautiful and varied range of seasonal colours. They source British wool and create their own dyes from foraged plants that include dock, nettle, walnut and weld. They'll be taking a variety of plant-dyed yarns, some special edition mini skein sets and plant-dye kits for you to try at home.
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Inner Fleece
Inner fleece is from Bath, Somerset. They hand dye their yarn and wool tops with colours inspired from the natural world including the sea, forests and flowers.
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Jillian Morris Textile Designs
Jillian will be bringing hand-dyed yarns, and some handwoven and knitted items, as well as ethically traded ceramic buttons and beads from South Africa.
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Jo Hunter Wearable Art
Jo Hunter creates beautiful buttons and shawl pins, handmade in polymer clay. Her work often combines intricate textures, beautiful colour schemes and unusual shapes, making her pieces completely unique. Colourful, lightweight and durable, Jo's buttons and pins make the perfect embellishment for your wool, textile or craft project. Jo also produces additional co-ordinating earrings, hair slides and brooches so you can put together the perfect combination of accessories.
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Moonlight Fibre
Moonlight Fibre is owned by Jo who creates uplifting, vibrant and beautiful yarns and fibre inspired by her love of long country walks, sunsets, moonrises and everything in between.You can normally find Jo in her fibre studio based in Hampshire
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Kathryn Morgan Design
KMD will have unique hand dyed yarns, skeins of which there are only a few and not to be replicated again. Yarns are dyed in small batches in a domestic kitchen. There will be kits on sale as well as knitted items and patterns.
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Knit One Kits
Knit One Kits sells original knitting and crocheting kits to make blankets, clothing, scarves and cushion covers. Using good quality yarns from Rico, Lang and Sirdar. Each kit contains yarn and a free pattern with prices starting from £11.
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Loumousey Crafts
Loumousey produces whimsical originally designed amigurumi crochet inspired by nature. Finished items include animals, decorations and wreaths. Loumousey also makes small batches of her designs into kits, and handmade crochet hooks. All items are made using high quality fibres and sustainable materials.
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Maggie & Me
Maggie & Me specialise in Super Chunky yarns, including their Signature Super Soft Merino, 100% Recycled Cotton and RaffiaLuxe.
Explore their knitting and crochet kits, including Super Chunky sofa Socks, cosy cushion and blankets to Crochet shopper bags and beach hats!
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Namolio
Namolio makes accessories and sells supplies for sewing, knitting, crocheting and other related crafts. Their favourite material is linen and all the supplies are also exclusively natural, mostly linen and wool.
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Pineapple Fibre Art
Pineapple Fibre Art designs crochet mandala kits inspired by nature and stocked with glorious hand dyed yarns from indie dyers. They also sell patterns, hooks and hoops for you to make your own crochet wall art.
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Pixie Yarn
Sophie hand dyes yarn in her studio in Somerset. Through complex colour palettes and a painterly style, she creates richly coloured skeins using a variety of dye techniques. A large rainbow of solid colours form the foundation of her collection, with coordinating variegated and speckled skeins. She dyes on a variety of bases, from lace to chunky. This includes merino and British BFL, as well as more luxurious options like yak, silk, and alpaca yarns
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Rosiesmoments
Rosie dyes luxury but affordable yarns in exclusive colourways. She also stocks a selection of gifts, for both knitting and crochet, project bags,patterns and the popular gift a balls.
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Second City Yarns
Second City Yarns is all about celebrating Birmingham using vibrant colours and traditional British materials. Inspiration comes from the Botanical Gardens, Jewellery Quarter and even the city's iconic 11 bus route! British wool top and carded batts are available for spinners and felters. They are passionate about supporting British farmers and reducing their environmental impact as much as possible. All their non superwash yarn and fibre is British and all packaging is plastic free.
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studioEVIG - The Plant Dye Company
StudioEVIG - The Plant Dye Company specialises in creating bright, bold naturally dyed yarns, perfect for knitting, crochet, and other creative projects. They also offer inspiring craft kits for both knitting and natural dyeing, designed to spark creativity and promote sustainability. Using plants grown on their farm, their range includes hand-dyed homewares like linen napkins and organic cotton aprons. Each piece celebrates vibrant colour, eco-friendly craftsmanship, and the beauty of handmade design.
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Tenguerengue
Tenguerengue is all about being in love with crochet, specially Amigurumi (or 3D crochet). Cristina (the human behind the brand) designs and produce crochet kits containing all the tools, materials and illustrated step by step instructions to create beautiful projects to make you smile. There are projects for all levels of ability. Cristina also teaches crochet workshops and courses in different venues in Bristol to share all the joy of this beautiful skill.
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The Dye Shack
Naomi is a small batch dyer from Somerset. She dyes deeply saturated colourways in her garden dye shed, drawing inspiration from nature and wildlife as well as her love of mythology. Naomi stocks many bases including superwash merino and some non superwash British blends, when not in her shed Naomi can be found at her sewing machine making project bags or at the desk making stitch markers
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The Twisted Felter
www.thetwistedfelter.contactin.bio/
As a shepherdess of rare breed sheep, Buffy cultivates a deep connection to the fibre she works with. She specializes in spinning, weaving, and felting, hand-dyeing fibre, and creating weaving and felting kits that invite others to find solace and creativity through these meditative crafts
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The Yarny Octopus
The Yarny Octopus will be exhibiting an exciting range of their Hand Dyed Luxury Yarns, project bags and fibre, all dyed and made in small batches from the Wild West of Cornwall. Inspired by the rugged beauty of the far west of Cornwall, from the majestic granite cliff tops, moorland heather, gorse and bracken through to the secluded fishing coves and beaches.
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Trava & Wool
Trava & Wool's project bags are made of reused and recycle material, and are dyed and decorated with plants same as is yarn, motto is leave behind you as little as possible
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Wild Field Fibre
Wild Field Fibre provides beautiful yarns hand-dyed in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, specialising in British Blue-faced Leicester and eco-friendly, plant-based Tencel. They also provided a limited number of kits and patterns created by other women-run small businesses.
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Wonderful Wool
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/WonderfulWool
Naomi dyes a wide range of animal fibres, including silk, alpaca, camel and yak. She also has a wide range of British fibre including Jacob, BFL, Shetland, Dorset horn etc. she has a range of fibre for hand spinners and fibre artists and yarn for knitters and crocheting. Her stand is always bright and colourful.
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Woollen Wytch
Woollen Wytch creates hand-dyed British yarns and spinning fibres, celebrating sustainability and quality fibres. They specialize in vibrant colourways on British wool bases, including Bluefaced Leicester, Shetland, and alpaca blends, alongside eco-conscious bio-nylon sock yarn. Woollen Wytch also offers unique wooden stitch markers and wooden knitting accessories. Every item is crafted in Somerset with an emphasis on quality and creativity, perfect for knitting, crochet, and spinning enthusiasts seeking sustainable, British-made materials.