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Monday 12th March 2012 Tuck and Slip presented by club members This was a very busy session, with about twice our usual membership attending! We started with an overview of how stitches are formed in tuck and slip, then went on to demonstrations: basic tuck stitch plated tuck scarves using needles out of work to Read more

Monday 13th February Yarns and Fibres presented by Lynda Fiendley This was our 10th anniversary meeting, and it was wonderful to see some original members as well as some new ones! We had a little celebratory cake: followed by notices and a financial report from Pat and Brenda then went on to my presentation, which Read more

February 2012 Amidst steadily worsening weather conditions, these workshops went ahead.  The first one on Friday 3rd was near Tamworth, and, by the time I arrived there [lunchtime] the participants were beavering away using Iris’s excellent workshop notes.  She was equally busy helping individuals and demonstrating techniques. On Saturday it was the turn of the Read more

January 9th 2012 The start of a new year and our New Year resolution is to have a knitting machine up and running in most meetings. We began this by starting at the beginning with casting on and hems. But first we needed to set up the equipment – a bigger task than usual because Read more