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February 9th 2015 Combining Yarns part 2 This meeting started as usual with members arriving, paying their entrance fee, getting a cup of tea or coffee, reading the newsletter, and, this time, renewing their membership of the Guild of Machine Knitters. Then, after a few notices, we were off with a visual reminder of how Read more

January 12th 2015 Combining Yarns This meeting focused on methods of using combinations of knitting yarn.  First we looked at ways of plying yarns, from using spinning equipment, then using yarn twisters and stacking cones using a Twisting Yarn stack. We looked at various video clips, from these sources: Plying on a spinning wheel Using Read more

December 2014   As another year draws to a close, we held our annual exhibition of members’ work, with sales provided by Wendy Piper, and a demonstration of knitweave, which members were also able to practise. The knitweave was demonstrated on the Brother and the Knitmaster machines: Brenda and Jill demonstrating [to each other] Brother Read more