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: 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

  • December 2016

    December 2016

    Annual Celebration December 2016   The club meeting was a celebration of our knitting, and members gathered with their entries to our annual exhibition.  The winner is chosen by secret ballot of those present, and this year it was Margaret who won! With a lovely panelled cardigan, joined with a mock cable effect.    Next…

  • Calendar 2017

    Calendar 2017

  • Basic 4 ply patterns

    Basic 4 ply patterns

    Basic Patterns in 4 ply yarn   This section has collections of basic patterns in multiple sizes, from baby to adult. Use them as they are, or as a basis for a new design. All patterns were made using Knitware software, with a very little editing. On the first page of the pdf download is…

  • November 2016

    November 2017 Gadgets This meeting was a chance for members to see what kind of accessories are available for use with our knitting machines, and to have a go. We also had various types of embellishment gadgets around.  Kathy was particularly industrious, with two garter carriages in action, one on an electronic machine, the other…

  • October 2016

    October 2016

    Sue Booth Sue demonstrated how to set in sleeves on the machine. She showed us how to attach a sleeve to a garment, having knit the sleeve head using holding position, as well as how to knit the sleeve downwards from the armhole.   Both methods produced an exceptionally neat finish, and we all left…

  • Bobble

    Bobble

    A quick and easy necklace. Knit it in something fine and sparkly for added effect

  • September 2016

    September 2016

    ACCESSORIES This meeting was arranged to demonstrate some different kinds of machine knitted accessories, in time for knitting a few gifts for Christmas, perhaps! Various items knitted from patterns on this website were on display and being demonstrated, as well as Erica Thomson’s method of wire knitting.   A few items of jewellery were demonstrated,…

  • August 2016

    Stitched Up This was another meeting where we had three machines on demonstration: Knitmaster and Brother punchcard machines, and a Brother electronic. We demonstrated using as many techniques as possible on one punch card: fair isle, tuck, slip and Knitweave, for example.   I found that going back to basics like this meant that members…

  • Fringed Cowl

    Fringed Cowl

    Fringed Cowl   Easy to knit with the weaving technique.  Use a fine base yarn, and a textured yarn to weave, or try something new! Based on an idea by KrisKrafter, but, where she uses a garter carriage, this uses knitweave.  On a Knitmaster with an automatic weaving yarn it is very quick to make,…

  • July 2016

    July 2016

    Knitting in different directions   Before we started with the main event, we watched a slide show of the Guild of Machine Knitters annual meeting, and had a presentation to deliver, as Lynn Timmins stole the show with her wonderful knitting: seen below, she won the Alison Lee Award, the Creativity Cup and the Members’…