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: February 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

  • March 2020

    March 2020

    Vikki Haffenden This month we welcomed knitters from far & wide who came to meet Vikki Haffenden author of Translating between Hand and Machine Knitting. Before Vikki’s talk visitors were able to meet up with friends and stock up on yarn and machine knitting spares. Vikki laid out a large selection of swatches for us…

  • February 2020

    Modular Knitting This was a meeting about knitting with different shapes, then joining, on or off the machine, to produce finished items. Various joins were discussed, and finishing techniques, as well as Amy Twigger Holroyd’s excellentReknit revolution, which is a detailed look at repurposing knitwear. Thenewsletter has further information, as well as a lovely scarf…

  • Hazel Green’s Tuck Lace Scarf

  • January 2020

    Forum This was our first of these meetings, and was well received. Members took part in mini demonstrations, chatted, looked around etc.   Today’s demonstrations included basic Knitmaster techniques, knit weave, knitting with wire and using an electronic machine. Incidental demos of fringe twisting and spindle spinning were also in evidence.Newsletter available here.

  • Calendar 2020

  • December 2019

  • November 2019

    Maintenance  A demonstration of simple maintenance, including defluffing, replacing sponge bar and needles, and cleaning tips. The newsletter contains links to articles on more intensive maintenance, as well as a preview of next year’s calendar.

  • October 2019

    Sue Booth Sadly, for us, this was Sue’s last visit, but she put on a good demonstration, as ever. She gave us a basic pattern for a set in sleeve jumper, and showed us how to knit the armhole and shoulders neatly and efficiently. Then she went on to demonstrate how to incorporate a decorative…

  • September 2019

  • Gloves