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Monday August 13th Twisting and Spinning This meeting was a practical session!  Various members brought equipment for use in twisting fibres to make cords and fibre blends, winding skeins and balls, and making braids. We had a variety of swifts for using skeins From left: Aero skein winder; umbrella swift; sunflower swift [click for maker]…

July 9th 2012   Using a colour changer Before the demonstration began, Pat gave out the notices, including two presentations: Doris won the Fiskerton cup with this cardigan And this group won the Sherborne Vase Then we demonstrated · setting up and using a single bed colour changer · a multi-coloured slip stitch pattern ·…

June 2012 The Guild of Machine Knitters AGM This year was another bonus one for Long Buckby Machine Knitters. Not only did we win the Sherborne Vase for the 2nd year running, but Doris won the Fiskerton Cup. Sherborne Vase Our entry for the ‘Going for Gold’ themed challenge was a scene from Jason and…

Monday 11th June Those of us who braved the exceedingly wet weather to come to the club meeting for Beryl Jarvis’ talk on the ribber were not disappointed. She concentrated on producing fabric rather than welts, and we were in for a treat.  There was a demonstration on adjusting the ribber easy placement of the…

Monday 14th May All types of cables This meeting was another where the members demonstrated. Fran showed us how to make a basic 3/3 cable [see http://www.eileenmontgomery.com/freebies/hints/cables.html for a good explanation] Pat showed various add-on cables, including using i-cords, which she also demonstrated for beginners. Lynda showed mock cables and edges, including this one http://www.bond-america.com/bondbuzz/bond_buzz_53_H.html, and magic…

April 16th 2012 Sue Booth was at the club to demonstrate holding position. For the second month running we had an upsurge in numbers attending, this month there were 20 of us, including one new member. Sue started by talking about many and various shapes and patterns you can knit using holding position, or partial…

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…

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…

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…