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Guild competition We won the Sherborne Vase this year with our entry using the theme ‘A Day in the Country’, and inspired by the proximity of the Grand Union Canal to Long Buckby!   We were presented with the trophy at the Guild of Machine Knitter AGM on June 18th 2011 Below is a link Read more

June 13th 2011 Spinning with club member Judy Bradshaw Judy has been spinning for 20 years, and she kindly agreed to share her experience and experiences with us. She told us some amusing tales of country life, before showing us different fibres for spinning letting members touch and feel them Smooth as silk! She talked Read more

May 9th 2011 Sue Booth returned for a demonstration of patchwork techniques on the knitting machine. As usual, she brought a selection of her designs and lots of patterns for us to use. She showed us how to connect panels of knitting, to create the asymmetrical stripes seen above; and then she went on to Read more

Monday 11th April Liz Holness, Chairman of the Guild of Machine Knitters was our special guest, and she didn’t disappoint. First we had tea, and were treated to a première view of Liz’s photos of recent exhibitions, where the Guild were represented: at the NEC, Nottingham and Shepton Mallett Members watching picture show Then Brenda gave us Read more

March 2011 This month has been a busy one for the committee:  first, we went to Lichfield to the Three Spires club with our Button workshop [March 2nd], then our regular club meeting fell on the 14th, with a presentation of aspects of pattern making by myself.  In between, five of our number were busy Read more