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: April 13th 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

  • 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’…

  • Peacock

    Peacock

    Peacock A crescent shaped shawl, knitted in tuck lace, in one piece, from side to side,

  • June 2016

    June 2016

    June 2016 Yarns We started with a brief look at yarn and its composition, then Pat showed us different ways of twisting yarns to combine them.  She also used the Knitmaster automatic weaving arm to do a little Knitweave. Kathy followed on with a look at plating, specifically looking at using the feeder to make…

  • May

    May

    May a raglan cap sleeved top with waist shaping and a gently curved hem Knitted in Yeoman Panama [but could be any suitable 4 ply yarn] it took about 300g for the second size  

  • May 2016

    May 2016

    May 2016 Holes We demonstrated lace knitting on both Knitmaster and Brother machines. Knitmaster machines are able to do transfer lace via a lace carriage which knits and transfers in the same pass, as well as fashion lace, which requires a bit more thought.  Pat did show this, but we all felt it was quite…

  • April 2016

    April 2016

    Charting Devices We discussed how to knit a tension swatch, then measure it for setting up the different machines and charting devices. On show were a Knitmaster with Knit Radar, a Brother electronic with a full-sized Knitleader, and a Brother 881 with a built in half-sized Knitleader. We demonstrated how to use the charting device,…