This is the start of a the new programme, so check the programme section of the website to see what is coming up in the months ahead, there are old favourites like the Party in December – what a great time we had last year – and new ideas – designer evenings where we choose a designed or well known machine knitter and look at their ideas doing demos of aspects of their work.
This month we concentrated on the excellent videos created by Diana Sullivan in Austin Texas. She has put online, using Youtube, the most comprehensive set of teaching videos which are also the most user-friendly.
Firstly the notices:
the Machine Knitting Live in Bournemouth on the Saturday 6th October,
the main London Knitting and Stitching show at Alexandra Palace.
Next month we need to bring our cheque books to pay our half-yearly club subscriptions.
Margaret is setting up a Charity Knitting group with the U3A, is will be hand knitting mainly
we did our usual show and tell
The show and tell this month demonstrated that some people knitted through the how weather.
This was a regular club night with members bringing along ideas, patterns and items made for Christmas.
mini wreath
Mini Bell
Mini Stocking
Bears Star and Heart
Snowmen
Stars
Green mini wreath
Little basket for treats
Mini Tree
Stocking detail
Xmas Stockings
Festive Tea Cosy
These are some of the interesting items brought by members. Many of them were tree decorations, except a festive tea cosy and a pretty little basket which had been stiffened with dilute PVA glue to make it stand up.
In addition, most people brought some patterns or old magazines with Christmas ideas.
Here are some links Margaret found to various sites with some of these small projects.
Gillian had made an octopus cuddle toy for a premature baby charity – the tentacles can be grasped by even the tiny babies and are requested by premature baby units. It was hand knitted and the tentacles crocheted.
Octopus for Premature Babies
Show Report
On 6th October, Lyn had visited the Machine Knitting Live Show in Bournemouth and reported that it did not seem all that well attended at least in the morning. She did not stay for the fashion show or talk later in the day.
She had been round stalls selling machine spares, machines, yarns and patterns and a demonstration by Bill King, plus several clubs had displays of work. Many of them were regulars at this show.
There seemed fewer stalls than she remembered from previous occasions which may have been something to do with the fact the Knitting and Stitching show at Alexandra Palace was taking place soon after, although this no longer has machine knitting.
This is the start of the new programme, so check the programme section of the website to see what is coming up in the months ahead, there are old favourites like the Party in December – what a great time we had last year – and new ideas – designer evenings where we choose a designer or well- known machine knitter and look at their ideas doing demos of aspects of their work.
This month we concentrated on the excellent videos created by DianaSullivan in Austin Texas. She has put online, using Youtube, the most comprehensive set of teaching videos which are also the most user-friendly.
Next month we need to bring our cheque books to pay our half-yearly club subscriptions.
Margaret is setting up a Charity Knitting group with the U3A, is will be hand knitting, initially. The first meeting is on 22nd October – contact her if you intend to go along.
The show and tell this month demonstrated that some people knitted through the extremely hot weather earlier in the summer.
Small Child’s mittens
Gillian has hand knitted some items for small children, these mittens were tiny.
Childs Hat and Mittens
This is another of Gillian’s makes, a small warm hat and one of a pair of mitts.
Crochet Basket in T shirt yarn and little heart – Dawn
Dawn has been making a crochet basket from some t-shirt yarn and a sweet little crochet heart.
Angie’s modelling her poncho
Angie has designed and made a super poncho in the most unusal colourway.
Lovely Poncho
Child’s Jumper – work in progress
Barbara brought the jumper she was working on for a charity – a child’s fairlisle jumper, just the sewing up to do now.
After the brilliant show and tell, we had our usual tea and coffee break, with cake of course.
Tricia’s cake – nearly gone
The rest of the evening was taken up with demonstrations by committee members of various interesting ideas by Diana Sullivan.
