This was the final meeting before the summer break.
To start we had a show and tell and Claire brought some sweet baby clothes for a brand new family member.
Claire’s baby clothes Claire’s hug-me-tight baby top
Angie brought along a very chunky blanket she had crocheted using a size 20 hook and several ends of chunky yarn together. – The colours were glorious.
Angies Crochet Chunky Blanket detail
The topic this time was blankets and shawls – both for babies and adults. Several members brought along things they had made both in the past and recently.
Click through the 20+ images to view all the wonderful items we saw this evening.
Members should bring along a pattern they would like to use and a tension square in the stitch pattern they intend to use e.g. tuck, fairisle, slip, plating, etc.
Anthea's 2nd Iris Bishop pattern shawl
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Finally, there was a short discussion about what to expect in September – we are revisiting the topic of using a different yarn and/or stitch pattern to the one given in the original pattern. Many of us have a stash of vintage knitting patterns and magazines but the yarns stated in the pattern are no longer available. Also, some people are sensitive to wool and need to use acrylic or cotton, or simply use up some of the huge stash of yarns people own.
New and used machines, spares, repairs, yarn, classes, patterns. Doug also has used Hague Linkers and thousands of useful bits and bobs as well. The place is an alladin's cave for machine knitters. Note opening times - not every day.
In addition to machine knitting classes given by Brenda, she also does lace making.
Based In Austin Texas, Diana Sullivan has a large range of tutorials and YouTube videos as well as patterns both free and paid for, DVD's for sale etc. This is her blog which gives links to all her items.
A well known US machine knitter who has some online Craftsy Classes as well as some excellent books, including those for those people who have simple or the plastic mid-gauge machines which have no patterning facility.
A video platform where there is such a huge range of videos both amateur and professional that it defies description.
For machine knitters, search for machine knitting in the box at the top to get a list of items. You can subscribe to people you like to see more of their things and get notifications if you want to when they post a new item.
Note to newbies, please be careful - not everything is benign.
The House of Lavene has a completely new approach to creating designer knitwear. Launched by ‘Anne Lavene in 1985 the House has become known throughout the world for it’s stunning knitwear designs
