Understanding Patterns We looked at different types of patterns, how to substitute yarns and then how to knit the patterns we want. The demonstration pattern was this month’s Baby Cardigan, which can be downloaded here for a text based version, and here for a schematic type of pattern.  Pat and Fran knitted the front and…

April 2014 Sue Booth – Ribber Work Sue made a welcome return, and the meeting was well attended with visitors from far and wide. She showed us various techniques with the ribber, including flat ribs, with interesting patterning across the ribber stitches; as well as racked ribs, fisherman’s ribs and tucking. The sign of a…

March 10th 2014 The Single Bed Colour Changer This meeting was focused on how to set up the colour changer, and was demonstrated on Brother and Knitmaster machines. We showed how to do this, then members all had a go at doing it themselves, with many resolving to go and dust off their colour changers…

Fair Isle and Single Motifs This was another busy meeting. We showed how to set up for Fair Isle knitting on Knitmaster and Brother machines, and knitted some samples.  Likewise for Single Motif knitting, and this included binding the edges, as well as dealing with floats: References used [some not available at the meeting because…

January 13th 2014 Colour Theory Our first meeting of the new year was devoted to colour theory, as a prelude to demonstrations of techniques used to introduce multiple colours to your work. I presented an audio visual talk on colour theory from various angles: how colour is perceived, using a colour wheel  to choose colour…

December 2013 This meeting was mainly a social and Christmas market. Wendy Piper brought her Knits n Bits shop, and members crowded around it for bargains. Many members entered our end of year competition, some of the entries are pictured below.     The winning entry was by Margaret, pictured here receiving her trophy, and…