Long Buckby Machine Knitters

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  • April 2017

    April 2017

    Shapes This meeting covered knitting with different shapes, and Pat showed us how to knit a hem with triangles, as well as an interesting scarf with different coloured strips joined together. Then Lynda knitted a hexagon, with joining to others, as part of the hexagon afghan.   And we discussed using shapes as patchwork pieces,… Read more

  • March 2017

    Knitting to Fit I missed this meeting myself, as I was away with the family, but I have heard it was well attended and went well. The focus was on correct measurement, which Pat demonstrated, along with knitting darts to accommodate rounder parts of the body! Kathy also demonstrated, as well as managing the equipment.… Read more

  • Some of our patterns

    Some of our patterns

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  • February 2017

    February 2017

    February 2017 February 2017 This meeting focused on different ways to cast off, finish edges and seams. Pat demonstrated on the Knitmaster and the Hague linker, and showed us how to cast off round the gate pegs, with a linker on the machine and with the Hague linker. She also recapped on the edging she… Read more

  • January 2017

    January 2017 Happy New Year! And we started with a full house. Demonstrations included cord making and using cords for casting on, attaching to garments as trims, embellishing and other ideas: braid making using kumihimo and lucet; a cable edging and joining method; and attaching beads in a pattern. Information on the cord winder can… Read more

  • Hybrid

    Hybrid

    Hybrid This is a standard gauge 4 ply pattern for a cardigan, which begins as a pair of sleeves knitted as one piece. Then a circular piece, a ‘skirt’ is knitted on. The first picture is with a handknitted skirt, the second a machine knit one. Other suggestions are included.   Read more