# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Knitflix presents: The Nettle Dress at the Electric Palace
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 27 Feb, 2026 at 03:00 pm – Fri, 27 Feb, 2026 at 04:30 pm
- **Event Description**: This screening is a Knitflix Cinema presentation, inviting crafters and knitters to enjoy a relaxed 'lights-up' screening of the latest new releases and fashion based films in the cosy comfort of the Electric Palace this winter. Co-curated by Beryl Bailey in partnership with Flock, knitting and wool shop based in St Leonards https://www.flockworkshop.uk/ Includes a short knitting workshop before each screening.

Textile artist and Brighton-based Allan Brown spends seven years making a dress by hand just from locally foraged stinging nettles.

This is ‘hedgerow couture’, the greenest of slow fashion and also his medicine, how he survives the death of his wife and finds a beautiful way to honour her. A modern-day fairytale and hymn to the healing power of nature and slow craft.

The challenge of making zero carbon clothing sourced within a few miles of his home means re-learning ancient crafts and recalls Hans Christian Anderson's fairy tale 'Wild Swans'.

Beautifully filmed by award winning documentary maker Dylan Howitt, The Nettle Dress follows his whole journey through all the seasons and years. Foraging, spinning, weaving, cutting and sewing the cloth. Finally a healing vision of the dress back in the woods where the nettles were picked, worn by one of his daughters.

'Grasping the Nettle' is at the heart of the film. Making a dress this way becomes devotional, with every thread representing hours of mindful loving craft. Over seven years Allan is transformed by the process just as the nettles are.  It's a kind of alchemy: transforming nettles into cloth, grief into renewal.

A labour of love in the truest sense, The Nettle Dress is a modern-day fairytale and hymn to the healing power of nature and slow craft.

It’s one story representing a huge groundswell of people rediscovering the joys of making.

“An exquisite, inspiring film. Extremely beautiful and helpful for anyone suffering loss or grief" - Mark Rylance
"If you’ve ever wondered what the earth would have fashion do, this is your answer" - Professor Kate Fletcher, sustainable fashion activist
"Craft transformed by imagination into art, like an alchemical allegory" - Patrick Harpur, author
"I was spellbound, what I thought was going to be a step-by-step guide turned out to be so much more" - Audience feedback
"Mesmerising, like a meditation in nature, idiosyncratic and beautiful" - Audience feedback
"I felt I shared in the joy of the dress coming into being, woven with magic and tragedy" - Audience feedback
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/hastings/knitflix-presents-the-nettle-dress-at-the-electric-palace/200029630954948
- **Event Categories**: art, entertainment, meditation, contests, workshops, health-wellness, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 5

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Hastings
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: 39A High Street, TN34 3ER Hastings, United Kingdom
- **lat**: 50.85751
- **long**: 0.59185
- **full address**: 39A High Street, TN34 3ER Hastings, United Kingdom, 39a High Street, Hastings, TN34 3, United Kingdom

## Event gallery

- **Alt text**: Knitflix presents: The Nettle Dress at the Electric Palace
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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Knitflix presents: The Nettle Dress at the Electric Palace being held?
  - **A:** Knitflix presents: The Nettle Dress at the Electric Palace takes place on Fri, 27 Feb, 2026 at 03:00 pm to Fri, 27 Feb, 2026 at 04:30 pm at 39A High Street, TN34 3ER Hastings, United Kingdom, 39a High Street, Hastings, TN34 3, United Kingdom.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Knitflix presents: The Nettle Dress at the Electric Palace?
  - **A:** Knitflix presents: The Nettle Dress at the Electric Palace is organized by ElectricPalace Hastings.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Knitflix presents: The Nettle Dress at the Electric Palace is ideal for learners, working professionals, and skill-builders looking to gain hands-on knowledge and practical expertise in a focused, interactive setting. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Hastings, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Knitflix presents: The Nettle Dress at the Electric Palace sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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