Long Buckby Machine Knitters

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  • August 2018

      Colour and Design Our August meeting was less well attended than usual, lots of people being away, but we had a good discussion of colour schemes, how to machine knit with colour and dyeing and painting garments. Our newsletter is available here Read more

  • July 2018

    July 2018

    We had a lovely, albeit very hot, open meeting, sharing our crafting interests outside machine knitting. Crafts included were:   Hand knitting Weaving Spinning Crochet Jewellery Screen printing Card making   For more, and better photos, visit our Facebook page here   Newsletter available here Read more

  • June 2018

    June 2018

    Using the Sewing Machine for Machine Knitters Erica Thomson was back for a demonstration of her sewing machine expertise, as well as lots of other interesting ideas. She showed us a little of her ply split braiding, her Kumihimo wire braiding and lots more. The sewing machine techniques were inspirational to those whose sewing machines… Read more

  • May 2018

    Lace Technology This meeting was about how lace is formed, and its different formations. We looked at hand manipulation, the Brother lace carriage, the Knitmaster/Silver lace carriage, tuck lace and punch lace. It is obviously a popular choice since the Guild of Machine Knitters featured it in their current newsletter too! Our newsletter can be… Read more

  • April 2018

    April 2018

    Necklines This meeting covered a range of necklines and treatments, described in our newsletter [download here]. Pat also demonstrated knitting a round neckline using holding position. And then there was a yarn sale! Lots of people went home with huge bags, some with huge boxes. Read more

  • March 2018

    March 2018

    Bill King   We had a packed house for a fantastic session with Bill King, who brought us an array of his sample designs, a wealth of knowledge and some insight into his introduction to textile design and inspirations.   Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”;… Read more