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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

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

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

Hand Knit to Machine Knit A session on ‘translating’ patterns and designs The session was introduced by pointing out various decisions to be made regarding yarn weight, as well as factors such as suitability and feasibility of using a machine to emulate hand knitting patterns. Various patterns on this site were shown, which were adapted Read more