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Heart of England 2018
The information and patterns kindly donated by Jill Brownjohn and Hazel Green can be found here: Knitweave Bag by Hazel Green Triangular Shawl by Hazel Green Slip Stitch Edging [and three needle bind off] by Jill Brownjohn
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July 2018
We had a lovely, albeit very hot, open meeting, sharing our crafting interests outside machine knitting. Crafts included were: Hand knitting Weaving Spinning Crochet Jewellery Screen printing Card making For more, and better photos, visit our Facebook page here Newsletter available here
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June 2018
Using the Sewing Machine for Machine Knitters Erica Thomson was back for a demonstration of her sewing machine expertise, as well as lots of other interesting ideas. She showed us a little of her ply split braiding, her Kumihimo wire braiding and lots more. The sewing machine techniques were inspirational to those whose sewing machines…
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April 2018
Necklines This meeting covered a range of necklines and treatments, described in our newsletter [download here]. Pat also demonstrated knitting a round neckline using holding position. And then there was a yarn sale! Lots of people went home with huge bags, some with huge boxes.
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March 2018
Bill King We had a packed house for a fantastic session with Bill King, who brought us an array of his sample designs, a wealth of knowledge and some insight into his introduction to textile design and inspirations. Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”;…
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Rabbit Lovey
Pat has produced these charming baby comforters, pattern here. White Rabbit Lovey
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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…
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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…
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: September 14th 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
Long Buckby Machine Knitters 