Craft Focus - Feb/Mar (Issue 65)

back in Birmingham CYGNET YARNS Stand A22 cygnetyarns.co.uk Cygnet Yarns offers a huge and varied range of premium acrylic and pure wool yarns, including the signature Cygnet range, the ever-popular Seriously Chunky and beautiful Boho Spirit. The brand new range, Helter Skelter, will be launched at the NEC this year, as well as showcasing other new Seriously Chunky Metallics and the much sought-after Boho Spirit Solids. Don’t miss the fairytale themed stand, featuring a knitted gingerbread house, three billy goats gruff and more. There will also be special show offers and a few freebies to give away. POWERTEX Stand 12F10 powertex.co.uk Since launching in the UK in 2014, Powertex has established itself in the marketplace as a go-to product for mixed media arts and crafts. At this year’s show Powertex UK is launching The Secret Art Loft mixed media products and By Creative handmade rice papers. Both will complement the Powertex range beautifully, but will also be popular across many sectors of arts and crafts. Supplied through its network of tutors and small independent stores, the team will be on hand to discuss how Powertex UK will work for your business. GMC DISTRIBUTION Stand 12B01 gmcdistribution.com At this year’s Stitches, GMC is excited to launch a brand new edition of Vogue Knitting: The Ultimate Knitting Book – a must-have bible for knitters with 65 additional pages and more than 1,600 photographs and hand- drawn step-by-step illustrations. Also new for 2018, is Fat Quarter: Bags & Purses, the latest addition to the series and an enduringly popular topic for crafters. Flowerbomb! is the new book from Hannah Read-Baldrey and contains 25 flower-inspired projects – perfect for spring! Samples of these, plus dozens of other books covering all sorts of craft topics, will be available to view. Customers can also meet the sales team and pick up a copy of the latest catalogue. 54 craftfocus