The Sewing Place
Resources => Events => Topic started by: UttaRetch on July 30, 2017, 16:39:41 PM
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I bought a discounted ticket from the London Ticket Club (https://www.londonticketclub.co.uk/events/knitting-stitching-show-tickets/). There is no booking fee, and at £11 it's cheaper than advance tickets bought from the oragniser or buying on the day.
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That's interesting UR ....
Would any of The Sewing Place members be interested in buying discounted tickets via The Sewing Place?
Why I hear you ask when we can go the same route UR has just mentioned ???
I know some peeps can be worried buying via a secondary Ticket agent and I have noticed that the peeps organising the show are the same company that organise the nearly upon us Festival of Quilts and, more importantly, have the same group ticket offer available that we are currently enjoying over in The Dark Side.
Therefore as long as we can sell 10 tickets to The Sewing Place Members we can offer you the discounted tickets for this show.
Tickets would cost ......
£11.00 per adult (tho' only £10 on the Wednesday for some reason)
and
£6.00 per child (5 - 18)
plus a postage charge of £1.00 per order.
If you are interested in this please pm me and we'll see if we can get the numbers necessary to take advantage of this great offer!
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Iminei, I don't recall there ever being much interest in the Knitting & stitching shows so you may not get any response to the group ticket offer. I am not concerned about secondary ticketing as I used to get mine from Groupon and never encountered a problem. In any event, London ticket club assures buyers that the tickets are genuine but paypal will come to my rescue should it ultimately not honour the pledge for a full refund.
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Okay Thanks UR, just hoping that if peeps were interested the power of bulk buying could help out.
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I'm definitely going with DH, probably on Thursday so we can pace ourselves over the longer opening hours - not read anywhere that a day ticket doesn't include the late night too. I'm assuming to qualify for a group ticket one has to go as a group together at the same time which could be awkward for people here coming from different directions.
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Au contraire Marnie ...
I have sussed this out with the FoQ group tickets (they are the same company) ... the group can be made up of adults and/or children, the ticket holders can go on different days ... the only stipulation is there must be 10 tickets sold otherwise you pay regular price.
Its a good deal..... Maybe next year I will offer TSP members chance for group tickets to both the FoQ and KnS from the beginning of the year.
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I'm definitely going with DH, probably on Thursday so we can pace ourselves over the longer opening hours
I am going on the Wednesday. The time slot is 10:00 to 17:30, which is plenty of time. I prefer to take my own food as the concessions are expensive and suggest layering what you wear as the venue tends to get very hot. The views over London are spectacular, so you might want to take a camera too.
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That's great! We'll have 2 concessions (over 60) please if you can make the numbers up. When will I need to confirm which day we'd like (most likely Thursday)?
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Shall I take that as an order if I can get 8 other sales ???
I can't see an option for a discount on the over 60's in the group ticket section though ...
just the two prices for adults and children.
And I don't think its date specific ... at least it isn't for FoQ ...
Anybody else want to go??? Please pm before end of September !
If I can get more than 10 ticket orders I'll be happy to organise this for you peeps!
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Yes indeed. Even without a concession rate it's cheaper. Thank you. :D
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There's a chance to win tickets here. http://www.letsknit.co.uk/giveaways/knitting-and-stitching-show-london-tickets?utm_content=bufferd0d9b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
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Is it still the case that tickets are day-specific and non-transferrable? If so, I'll hold fire until I work out work schedules, etc, then pick a day nearer the time. WGC is on the railway line to AP so I am fortunate to be able to be flexible in that respect!
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There's a chance to win tickets here. http://www.letsknit.co.uk/giveaways/knitting-and-stitching-show-london-tickets?utm_content=bufferd0d9b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
You can still buy tickets from the London ticket club. There is no handling fee or postage as the ticket will be sent via email. The evening ticket (12 October) is only £6.00, but that's no good for me as Ally Pally is a long way up (and down) and I wouldn't get home much before 10pm - no thanks. 0_0
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Hi there peeps,
I haven't had much interest in tickets for this event so must reluctantly withdraw the offer of discounted tickets ...
Sorry Girls! :(
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I must order my Sewing place badge. :D
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I'm off to the Post Office first thing tomorrow UR 0_0
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Haven't ordered yet, but I will. Honest.
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Not to worry, no worse off than before & still looking forward to it. Thanks for canvassing interest.
UR do I just search under "The London Ticket Club"? It's entirely new to me.
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UR do I just search under "The London Ticket Club"? It's entirely new to me.
Try the link I made on page 1.
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Missed that, thanks UR. Now £12 for the day but still a pound below the concession rate. Thanks :)
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Result. I suggest layering your clothing so that you can discard items as you start to BOIL and if you are on a budget, take your own food as the concessions are expensive. Trains go to Alexandra Palace station and there is a courtesy bus outside the station for those of us unable to do the mountainous climb up through the park. 0_0
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I went to the show today and was faced with a bag check at the door. As it was the first day and quite early, the venue wasn't packed. I resisted the blandishments of the pattern stand, but did snap pictures of two samples that had been sewn up from Butterick 6244 (https://sewdirect.com/acatalog/Butterick-B6244.html) and Butterick 6423 (https://sewdirect.com/acatalog/Butterick-6423.html)
(https://i.imgur.com/Wub445E.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/59kbnC1.jpg)
Lutterloh had a free demo day, but I didn't want to hang about until 1.30 and it was only when I was passing Ernest Wright's stand that I remembered my less than sharp shears. :( I stopped by Rosenberg's to drool at the gorgeous fabric, which fortunately I can't afford.
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We went yesterday on our way home from holiday in Cornwall (stopped overnight in a hotel near Camberley). Arrived just before 11 but walked straight on to the shuttle bus in the paddocks car park & same when we got checked out at 7!
We took your advice about the food (it took long enough to queue for drinks!) and had a few rest times when we spotted chairs but the afternoon/evening session wasn't as busy as I'd expected so I got to talk to interesting stallholders like the embroiderer Diane Bates who just happened to have done a display piece of a bead encrusted leotard which was the highlight of the show for us. My dh most enjoyed the art embroidery displays too and especially Ann Small's cut fabric layers. So glad we went.
It's a good job the visit was preceded by a relaxing holiday and my spending was (slightly) in check when I saw the rather shocking 'available balance' when I had to use their ATMs a second time! :\
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Me, too!
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I was sent some complimentary tickets and went today on the train with my poor mum. I don't think she's used to walking at London pace, but I did help her to carry all her purchases on the way home, not having any of my own. :angel:
It was lovely to see so many teenagers there on school trips.