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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Making Buttons Monday 14th February 2011 – Our 9th anniversary! We started with a presentation of our buttons display via PowerPoint – the actual samples were laid out on a table. Then we split into three practical workshops: Dorset Buttons – unfortunately no pictures due to a technical error! Yorkshire Buttons and Fimo buttons  …

January 29th 2011 As a follow up to the Knit and Natter day in October, a group met at Crick Village Hall to practise some of Bill’s techniques. Apart from a few snags with the tables, the day went well, with us all having a go at two variations with tuck stitch, and a bit…

New Year 2011 The meeting was again depleted by weather and illness, but we managed to muster a reasonable turnout. Our focus was the Guild competition, which requires a minimum of 5 people working together to produce an exhibit to the theme of A Day in the Country. We had lots of good ideas, and…

Christmas 2010 Attendance was reduced by illness, but we still managed to have some fun and games. We hoped to have a competition to produce decorations from knitting, and we managed to produce these but the competition element will have to wait for next year [and more entries]. Pat and Lynda enjoyed a visit to…

November 2010 – What we have been doing this year We started with a review of the Knit and Natter, which was successful again.  We discussed what we are going to do next year [a copy of the programme to be published shortly] and the venue change for next year’s Knit and Natter [to Dunchurch…