This month was a club meeting and started with some notices about events. We welcomed a visitor – Emy.
After that, we launched into the topic which is how to accurately find the tension. For next month members are asked to make some accurate 15cm squares
Margaret reviewed how to do a tension swatch and showed us her samples.
There was a discussion on using various techniques – the green and blue rulers (for Silver owners) then a method using a set number of rows and stitches and working the tension from that. Then how to work out the number of rows and stitches needed to get a 15cm square. Some people like to use a charter to avoid any calculations, others like to use a calculator or mental arithmetic method.
Tricia described how to best calculate the number of rows and stitches to match a pattern – she liked a garter stitch babies jumper but has not got a garter carriage and didn’t have the yarn given in the pattern. She described in detail and showed us her handwritten working sheets with all the notes and diagrams. Other members had used similar methods and some had alternatives.
We then had a show and tell – quite a few people had been busy over the Christmas period. April had made a bag full of fingerless mitts for charity. Angie brought along a super hat knitted in
After coffee, Frances demonstrated a technique combining two different stitches. One punch card had 4 rows tuck pattern followed by 2 rows of weaving. It made a very attractive fabric. She show a sample of alternate tuck and slip using a 1×1 card, which made a firm fabric.
credited to Diane Bennett
After that she showed an example of fairisle with a blanked off section where she places a cable design. There were two techniques – a simple twisted stitch over 3 needles using two 3 pronged tools and another narrow cable.
