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Knitting for Giving We interpreted this theme as knitting small items suitable for giving as presents or for donating to charity. We spent some time looking at how to access patterns via this website and others [more details are in our newsletter Then Pat demonstrated how to knit the Crescent shawl, incorporating the edging described…

Sue Booth on Finishing   Sue is always a popular demonstrator at our club, and today was no exception. She showed us some of her finishing techniques, and even experienced knitters were taking heed of them.                                      …

Monday 14th September Knitweave We demonstrated the difference between loom woven cloth and Knitweave, and then went on with some work on the machine. We looked at Knitmaster and Brother machines, and the differences in weaving on them, including the Knitmaster automatic weaving attachment [AW1]. Then we saw Kathy demonstrate picking up floats in a…

Hand Knit to Machine Knit A session on ‘translating’ patterns and designs The session was introduced by pointing out various decisions to be made regarding yarn weight, as well as factors such as suitability and feasibility of using a machine to emulate hand knitting patterns. Various patterns on this site were shown, which were adapted…

All Kinds of Machines This meeting was a little different from our usual format. We did have demonstrations, but they were short, and we invited members to try out a variety of different machines: Standard gauge: – Brother 950 electronic with garter carriage [which chugged away in the background for the rest of the meeting!]…

June 2015 Rectangle Riot This meeting was all about easy knitting: take a piece of straight, rectangular knitting and see what you can do with it. Committee members demonstrated what they had made: Pat had a headband and a cowl, as well as our handknit pattern this month, Hand Knit Cowl. She also showed fingerless…

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…

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.  

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…