Long Buckby Machine Knitters

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  • December 2015

    December 2015

    Celebration Day! Apart from some festive refreshments, and a totally tempting display of yarn for sale from Wendy Piper, we were into the serious business of displaying members’ knitting, and choosing the winner of the Long Buckby trophy, chosen by members. Lynn had knitted a jumper and skirt combination, with a separate cowl neck. 3… Read more

  • Newsletters

    These are links to the  monthly newsletters in pdf form.  Click on  the date of any you would like to download. 2023 January February March April May June July August September October November 2022 January February March April May June July August September October November December   2021 January February March April May August September… Read more

  • Calendar 2016

    Calendar 2016

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  • November 2015

    November 2015

    Knitting for Giving We interpreted this theme as knitting small items suitable for giving as presents or for donating to charity. We spent some time looking at how to access patterns via this website and others [more details are in our newsletter Then Pat demonstrated how to knit the Crescent shawl, incorporating the edging described… Read more

  • October 2015

    October 2015

    Sue Booth on Finishing   Sue is always a popular demonstrator at our club, and today was no exception. She showed us some of her finishing techniques, and even experienced knitters were taking heed of them.                                      … Read more

  • September 2015

    September 2015

    Monday 14th September Knitweave We demonstrated the difference between loom woven cloth and Knitweave, and then went on with some work on the machine. We looked at Knitmaster and Brother machines, and the differences in weaving on them, including the Knitmaster automatic weaving attachment [AW1]. Then we saw Kathy demonstrate picking up floats in a… Read more