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

  • Newsletters

    These are links to the  monthly newsletters in pdf form.  Click on  the date of any you would like to download. 2023 January February March April May June July August September October November 2022 January February March April May June July August September October November December   2021 January February March April May August September…

  • Calendar 2016

    Calendar 2016

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  • November 2015

    November 2015

    Knitting for Giving We interpreted this theme as knitting small items suitable for giving as presents or for donating to charity. We spent some time looking at how to access patterns via this website and others [more details are in our newsletter Then Pat demonstrated how to knit the Crescent shawl, incorporating the edging described…

  • October 2015

    October 2015

    Sue Booth on Finishing   Sue is always a popular demonstrator at our club, and today was no exception. She showed us some of her finishing techniques, and even experienced knitters were taking heed of them.                                      …

  • September 2015

    September 2015

    Monday 14th September Knitweave We demonstrated the difference between loom woven cloth and Knitweave, and then went on with some work on the machine. We looked at Knitmaster and Brother machines, and the differences in weaving on them, including the Knitmaster automatic weaving attachment [AW1]. Then we saw Kathy demonstrate picking up floats in a…

  • 2015

    2015

    Doris is our very first contributor, with this cardigan using a Sue Booth pattern.

  • August 2015

    August 2015

    Hand Knit to Machine Knit A session on ‘translating’ patterns and designs The session was introduced by pointing out various decisions to be made regarding yarn weight, as well as factors such as suitability and feasibility of using a machine to emulate hand knitting patterns. Various patterns on this site were shown, which were adapted…

  • July 2015

    July 2015

    All Kinds of Machines This meeting was a little different from our usual format. We did have demonstrations, but they were short, and we invited members to try out a variety of different machines: Standard gauge: – Brother 950 electronic with garter carriage [which chugged away in the background for the rest of the meeting!]…

  • Hand Knit cowl

    Hand Knit cowl

    Hand Knit Cowl click picture for pattern

  • June 2015

    June 2015

    June 2015 Rectangle Riot This meeting was all about easy knitting: take a piece of straight, rectangular knitting and see what you can do with it. Committee members demonstrated what they had made: Pat had a headband and a cowl, as well as our handknit pattern this month, Hand Knit Cowl. She also showed fingerless…