This meeting we focussed on crochet, many garments knitted on the machine can be finished or enhanced by using a crocheted edging so to encourage everyone to practice their skills Margaret and April organised us into groups by ability and we tried out various techniques.
https://youtu.be/OkjAfqQ9up0
Quite a few people brought along garments and other items they had crocheted for this display.
This first half of this month’s meeting was allocated to the Annual General Meeting, which included a review of the last AGM minutes, and reports from the chairman, the treasurer, the webmaster and the secretary. The existing committee was re-elected for another year.
Members were able to browse back copies of magazines to purchase to raise funds for the club during the break.
During the second half of the meeting one our our members, Sarah, displayed and explained the generation and development of her work on her knitting machine(s). Starting in the 90’s her knitted pieces were focused heavily on fair-isle techniques, along with a fun reproduction of a Lego top in intarsia for her son, and an accomplished fair isle coat (only worn once). Sarah showed some beautiful Irish Bishop inspired shawls with short rows and multi-coloured panels. Her later work has mirrored simpler fashions and simpler techniques, including cut and sew techniques, seat covers and casual shrugs. Sarah showed us some great ways of using up scraps of knitting and using up yarn. Her work has been inspired by colour, hand knitting books and magazines, and her most recent hobby of water colour painting.
View the short video below to see some of Sarah’s creations.
This month’s meeting was devoted to creating a garment using holding position and short rowing.
Margaret brought along some copies of the machine knitted version of Elizabeth Zimmerman’s Surprise Jacket (originally a hand knit pattern) and we sat in groups around various machines and each group took it in turns to knit one of these baby and doll-sized jumpers.
Two members brought in garments made from Bill King designs that had been published in Machine Knitting Monthly over recent years. These were a blue shrug by Tricia and a grey loose cardigan by Margaret, both made using short rowing/holding techniques, plus several people also brought in versions of the surprise jumper that they had made at home to show how it would look after it came off the machine.
Machine knitted Surprise jacket pattern can be found here.
The finished items are like knitted origami as they look extremely odd – needing pressing and folding to the final form and the only seams that need sewing up are one on each shoulder. These little jackets can be finished with ribs or hems and a button band. Several variations are given on the pattern.
At the end of the evening each group had completed a jacket except for sewing up and we had all enjoyed ourselves and learnt about this technique.
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Here are some photos of Bookham Club’s entries for the Sherbourne Vase in previous years:
To be decided but it might be a trip or meal or garden party – any requests?
Anu will be talking to us about stripes.
This is also the evening we will be making an inspiration board. More on this later,
Club Speaker
A speaker on Beading.
Crochet evening, beginners – experts.
Learn to crochet or learn a new stitch if you are a beginner or a novice.
For those who are more advanced, learn a new technique or experiment with an interesting edging on a piece of knitting.
If you can bring DK yarn and a suitable hook or an old tension square please do but materials will be supplied.
Early start – 7:30
Anu will then be talking about making things with rectangles and stripes. Bring any sample and ideas that you have as well.
March 2015
Club evening with Raffle and making a Surprise Jacket – see Documents to Print for details.
