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  • 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

  • Rabbit Lovey

    Rabbit Lovey

    Pat has produced these charming baby comforters, pattern here.         White Rabbit Lovey                 Read more

  • 2018

    2018

       Club member, Susan, has sent in these photos of her garments to inspire us [and she certainly has!]    First project since knitting in 1992 was a 4-ply cotton bolero on BROTHER std gauge machine with built in knitleader. I traced the pattern pieces from an existing favourite East shrug using baking parchment and then… Read more

  • February 2018

    February 2018

    Patterns This meeting was one of the few, where we didn’t have a knitting machine in play! Instead we had a presentation and discussion around the theme, working on projects from inspiration to completion. Lynda showed how she conceived and made two garments from scratch, one on the machine and the other hand knit: all… Read more

  • Alexa

    Alexa A pair of sleeves knitted as one, then a border attached to make the body of a cardigan. The example was plated, knitted on a standard gauge machine at T7.  Read more