Clare is concentrating more on her beading, while Anthea has been incredibly busy in the garden. Tricia is planning more work on her house and this seems to be taking a lot of time. Beryl admitted that she hadn’t done too much knitting because she has been on two holidays but she had
Lyn has not been able to get to her knitting machines as her workroom has been taken repurposed as an office for her son. She is also busy learning to play golf. Margaret showed a couple of pairs of slippers which were knitted using a Bill King pattern in the November issue of Machine Knitting Monthly. She also showed an enormous blanket made from squares of machine knitted felt.
Various machines and accessories were offered to members from a previous member’s husband. Unfortunately no one seemed to keen to take in any more equipment – even the Hague Linker didn’t get any enthusiasm.
Clare asked if she could borrow the yarn twister and Anthea thought she probably had it in her workroom and will look it out.
During our wide ranging conversations, various recommendations were made: Truro Fabrics was suggested as they have a wide range of material. Also the World of Sewing. Clare recommended the Facebook group called Machine Knitting Showcase which also leads to Knitty Nellies. Sarah mentioned that she had used corrugated plastic in the base of her bags and Lyn suggested either Hobbycraft or Dunelm had plastic mesh, although this may be a little too pliable.
Finally, there was a request that when we eventually can meet, could we have a session on the use of the overlocker.