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: May 11th 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 2024

    Our meeting is on the 9th, the newsletter is here. Please bring items for our challenge/exhibition!

  • Calendar for 2025

    We are pleased to publish our calendar for next year

  • November meeting

    Our next meeting is on November 11th, and we will be looking at hand knitting patterns as a resource for machine knitting. Link to newsletter below:

  • October 14th 2024

    We have an open forum meeting, with show and tell, discussion about future meetings, PAT testing, and anything else members would like! Newsletter available here

  • September meeting

    Claire Newberry gave an inspirational show to the theme of Combining Stitches. She has a wonderful combination of skills – creativity and the technical knowledge to explore her ideas – fantastic!

  • Local Event

    This arrived too late for the newsletter, but not for our members!

  • September 2024

    We welcome Claire Newberry, our visiting speaker, on the 9th, for a presentation on combining stitches. It is bound to be inspiring! Newsletter here

  • August 2024

    meeting on the 12th. Here is the newsletter

  • July 2024

    Next meeting is on July 8th: main topic is Yarn Technology. More information in the newsletter

  • June 10 meeting

    We are pleased to welcome Erica Thomson back with her talk on using sewing machines with knitwear. The newsletter can be found here https://longbuckbymk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jun2024.pdf