Long Buckby Machine Knitters

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  • August 2016

    Stitched Up This was another meeting where we had three machines on demonstration: Knitmaster and Brother punchcard machines, and a Brother electronic. We demonstrated using as many techniques as possible on one punch card: fair isle, tuck, slip and Knitweave, for example.   I found that going back to basics like this meant that members… Read more

  • Fringed Cowl

    Fringed Cowl

    Fringed Cowl   Easy to knit with the weaving technique.  Use a fine base yarn, and a textured yarn to weave, or try something new! Based on an idea by KrisKrafter, but, where she uses a garter carriage, this uses knitweave.  On a Knitmaster with an automatic weaving yarn it is very quick to make,… Read more

  • July 2016

    July 2016

    Knitting in different directions   Before we started with the main event, we watched a slide show of the Guild of Machine Knitters annual meeting, and had a presentation to deliver, as Lynn Timmins stole the show with her wonderful knitting: seen below, she won the Alison Lee Award, the Creativity Cup and the Members’… Read more

  • Peacock

    Peacock

    Peacock A crescent shaped shawl, knitted in tuck lace, in one piece, from side to side, Read more

  • June 2016

    June 2016

    June 2016 Yarns We started with a brief look at yarn and its composition, then Pat showed us different ways of twisting yarns to combine them.  She also used the Knitmaster automatic weaving arm to do a little Knitweave. Kathy followed on with a look at plating, specifically looking at using the feeder to make… Read more

  • May

    May

    May a raglan cap sleeved top with waist shaping and a gently curved hem Knitted in Yeoman Panama [but could be any suitable 4 ply yarn] it took about 300g for the second size   Read more