As usual the chairman gave out some notices and information about the Bookham Village day. Also it was noted that the Machine Knitting Live event in Croydon was coming up on Saturday 16th July and on 17th September there would be a “Knit and Natter” meeting at All Saints Church Hall in Hampton, Middlesex held by the Middlesex machine knitting club. It would be between 10:30am and 4pm. Those interested should contact Elaine Cater for tickets (see the Guild of machine Knitter’s website for more details. Tickets will be £5 for talks, demo’s tea and coffee – members should take their own packed lunch or can easily buy lunch in Hampton. Street parking is available.
This was a club evening when the topic was about using patterns of Iris Bishop who had been a speaker earlier in the year. Brenda and Anthea inspired us with the garments they had made using Iris’s patterns. Afterwards there was time for members to try out some of the punch card designs that created the special effects on the garments. We would like to thank them for making it such an interesting evening.
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Various members showed the work that they had made from some of these patterns.
This one was from the Wave pattern tunic |
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Another example of the same pattern using different colours |
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A lovely shawl which used holding position and multiple colours to create this interesting effect. |
| Afterwards members had the opportunity to try out some of the punch card designs which everyone enjoyed. |
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| There was plenty of time to take coffee and chat as usual. |
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