Long Buckby Machine Knitters

Long Buckby Machine Knitters

Long Buckby Machine Knitters is a club primarily for sharing ideas and expertise about machine knitting, although we also indulge in other textile crafts.

We welcome anyone who wishes to share with us, and anyone who would like to visit from other clubs.

We are also happy to visit other clubs, and share our expertise.

Please visit or get in touch!

Meetings are held at Long Buckby Community Centre each month from 2 – 4 pm on the second Monday of each month

Information about the venue can be found on the Contact page

Next meeting: February 9th 2026

Meeting costs: (annual membership £5, from July £3)
Meetings without outside speaker: £5 non members, £3 members
With outside speaker: £7 non members, £5 members

  • Rabbit Lovey

    Rabbit Lovey

    Pat has produced these charming baby comforters, pattern here.         White Rabbit Lovey                

  • 2018

    2018

       Club member, Susan, has sent in these photos of her garments to inspire us [and she certainly has!]    First project since knitting in 1992 was a 4-ply cotton bolero on BROTHER std gauge machine with built in knitleader. I traced the pattern pieces from an existing favourite East shrug using baking parchment and then…

  • February 2018

    February 2018

    Patterns This meeting was one of the few, where we didn’t have a knitting machine in play! Instead we had a presentation and discussion around the theme, working on projects from inspiration to completion. Lynda showed how she conceived and made two garments from scratch, one on the machine and the other hand knit: all…

  • Alexa

    Alexa A pair of sleeves knitted as one, then a border attached to make the body of a cardigan. The example was plated, knitted on a standard gauge machine at T7. 

  • January 2018

    January 2018

    January 2018 Patterns Our first meeting of 2018 was a packed one: we had the annual competition/exhibition, with lots of entries, and a discussion about the club’s future in the light of the possible demise of the Guild. We also discussed problems with access to patterns, but the consensus was that it was more of…

  • Fillip

    Fillip

    A polo neck insert to knit quickly for colder days .

  • December 2017

    December’s meeting and annual celebration fell victim to a sudden snowfall and icy conditions. We did not meet, but have postponed the celebration to January. However, you can find the newsletter here, which includes puzzles and a pattern.

  • Calendar 2018

    Calendar 2018

  • November 2017

    Gadgets We had the usual suspects on display and working. Lots of chatter and ‘trying out’.  Download Newsletter here.

  • October 2017

    October 2017

      Plating with Sue Booth   Sue gave us a great demonstration of plating on the single bed, and also with the ribber. She showed us various techniques, including: double sided stocking stitch; plated tuck; using the plating feeder as a way of changing colour and thickness, as in shadow pleating; and making various surface…