March 2011

This month has been a busy one for the committee:  first, we went to Lichfield to the Three Spires club with our Button workshop [March 2nd], then our regular club meeting fell on the 14th, with a presentation of aspects of pattern making by myself.  In between, five of our number were busy with our entry to the Guild of Machine Knitters’ Sherborne Vase competition – titled ‘A Day in the Country’.

Buttons at the Three Spires

Off we went to Lichfield, and had a great time with the enthusiastic members of the Three Spires club.  Here are some pictures

Although I am behind the camera here, I was leading this one!

March Club meeting

No pictures, as I was doing the presenting.

We looked at various types of knitting pattern, then at computer software used for knitting patterns – specifically:

Wild Things – free software, not really for knitting, but can be used to create shape patterns for accessories etc.

http://www.wildginger.com/products/wildthings.htm

Knitware – good basic software at a low price

http://www.jigsawknits.co.uk/mkstore/index.php?act=viewCat&catId=8

Designaknit – much more expensive but more versatile

http://www.softbyte.co.uk/dk7.htm