Category: Newsletter

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…