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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

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 2016 Holes We demonstrated lace knitting on both Knitmaster and Brother machines. Knitmaster machines are able to do transfer lace via a lace carriage which knits and transfers in the same pass, as well as fashion lace, which requires a bit more thought.  Pat did show this, but we all felt it was quite Read more

Charting Devices We discussed how to knit a tension swatch, then measure it for setting up the different machines and charting devices. On show were a Knitmaster with Knit Radar, a Brother electronic with a full-sized Knitleader, and a Brother 881 with a built in half-sized Knitleader. We demonstrated how to use the charting device, Read more