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April 2015 Bill King A Case for Knitting Bill brought not one, but several, cases full of his swatches to share with us. As these are the ones which have been rejected by his buyers, we were left wondering what the others are like, since every one of us was full of admiration for the… Read more

March 2015 Beryl Jarvis Ribber work     Beryl gave us an informative demonstration of ribber techniques, and left most of us wanting to get to grips with the ribber immediately.  Even the more experienced knitters were surprised to learn about some of the ‘bits’ that come with the ribber.   Read more

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