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: March 9th 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

  • July 2013

    July 2013

    July 8th 2013 Beryl Jarvis was our visiting demonstrator today and the subject was Knitweave. She showed us how to set up for weaving, then used weaving with Card 1 in various ways.  As ever, she was adept at describing how the machine works, and we were able to see her work at weaving with…

  • Cropped Cardi

    Cropped Cardi

    This is a 4 ply waist length cardigan.  You can knit it as I have done, with no front, like a shrug, or with a V-necked front.  Most 4 ply yarns are suitable, you may have to adjust the KM tension – I knitted it in Shamal and used T6 [the pattern says T7, which…

  • June 2013

    June 2013

    June 10th 2013   I-cord and circular knitting   We demonstrated how to make an i-cord, using hand knitting [double pointed needles], French knitting [as in 4 nails in the top of a cotton reel as with this supplier click this link for more details, or a more modern version which does it automatically- click…

  • May 2013

    May 13th 2013   Gadgets We had a very busy afternoon looking at various accessories often left in the cupboard!  Members demonstrated, amongst other things: Ribber transfer carriage Garter bar Cast off linker De knitter Various transfer items And lots of hints and tips. And we finished with a show and tell – and we…

  • April 2013

    April 2013

      April 8th 2013 Sue Booth – Intarsia Sue did not disappoint with this comprehensive look at intarsia and related skills. She used various methods to knit with several colours in each row: · an intarsia carriage   · knitleader/ holding position/ slip stitch/ knitting pieces separately and then joining whilst knitting/ and · using…

  • Dolman Top

    Dolman Top

    Dolman Top Click on the picture for the pattern

  • Tuck Lace Scarf

    Tuck Lace Scarf

    Tuck Lace Scarf

  • March 2013

    March 2013

    March 11th 2013 For the third month in succession, the snow tried to put us off, but it was business as usual at Long Buckby! The theme was Open Work, and there were different kinds of lace on view. Pat started us off with the latest news: which culminated in a preview of our GMK…

  • February 2013

    February 11th 2013 We came within a whisker of having to cancel again, but the committee and many members pulled together, and drove through the snow, to make this a very successful meeting. Fran demonstrated joining shoulders on the knitting machine. Pat demonstrated the Hague linker: joining seams and finishing edges, as well as attaching…

  • January 2013

    January 2013

    January 14th 2013 Amid [accurate] forecasts of snow, it was decided to postpone this meeting until next week.  Hope to see you then, but meanwhile there are two new patterns to look at.  Visit the patterns section: machine knitting garments Swirl knit in Mohair   Shrug knit in Grigna   Sadly the meeting had to…