In a change to its normal May schedule, Wool@J13, the Midlands’ No. 1 wool show, has booked its place for a live, lovely and much anticipated 2021 show on the weekend of November 13th & 14th.
The show is raring to go with a full list of woolly exhibitors on board waiting to have a conversation with colour directly with their patient woolly audience.
“We are so looking forward to welcoming wool lovers everywhere back to a live experience in what we hope will be a safer world. The wait has been a frustrating time for us all,” said Ingrid Wagner, co-organiser and Creative Director of Wool@J13. “Buying a ticket for this will be a perfect Christmas gift.”
Winter Wool@J13 will be held inside the impressively revamped Play Barn at its usual venue of Lower Drayton Farm. Totally transformed inside and with a fully functioning large carpark outside, the Play Barn opened in August 2020 with a team led by Val James, Ingrid’s fellow Wool@J13 organiser, who have become very experienced in implementing Coronavirus public events.
Exhibitors confirmed for the November show include the returning and ever popular Rosie’s Moments, Beaker Button and Snuggly Stars Yarns with Hedgehog Equipment making their way over from Wales and For the Love of Yarn down from Scotland.
Winter Wool@J13 will also be welcoming new exhibitors in Ruth Sprague’s beautiful Illuminating Weaves and the fibre processing business, Lilipop Mill, both from Staffordshire, along with the 3D printed tools for crafters from Moon On A Stick.
If you are an exhibitor whose business is wool and you would like to apply, the show has a few spaces available. The closing date for applications is the end of July. Head to the website for more information. In with the vendors in the warmth of the Play Barn will be the Peckish Pony food traders plus live music to lend what Winter Wool@J13 hopes to retain – the renowned festival atmosphere of the show.
The popular Stash Swap will also be back and workshops will be housed in the comfortable surroundings of the Farmhouse at Lower Drayton. Visitors can also look forward to being greeted and looked after by the Wool@J13 Team of Volunteers, led by Fiona Beech.
“Stitch a Brick” will also be a part of Wool@J13’s aim to promote mental health awareness with the public being invited to knit, crochet, felt or weave their own brick to become part of a wall reflecting their own negative emotions & positive outcomes. Full details including patterns are available on the Wool@J13 website & social media pages.
“We had already planned this for 2020,” says Ingrid, “and we feel it will be even more important in a year when many people will have dealt with a whole sea of different & difficult situations both in their public & private lives. We want to give them a chance to express this.”
Wool@J13 will also be offering half price tickets to all NHS workers (in whatever capacity) who would like to attend the show. Purchase of these will be by a code and photo ID presented with the ticket at the show itself. Advance tickets are available online now, priced at £6.50 for Day Tickets (on gate £7.50) and £11 for Weekend tickets (on gate £12.00).
To book tickets, including those for NHS workers, and to discover more about the 2021 show, which will take place on Saturday 13th & Sunday14th November at Lower Drayton Farm near Penkridge in Staffordshire – handily just 1 mile from J13 of the M6 – head to www.wool-j13.uk N.B. Tickets already purchased by the public for the cancelled 2020 show will be honoured for 2021.
