November 2018 - Ann Brown of Posh Frocks

News and updates

A small group of club members organised a visit to to see Joyce Meader's personal collection of historical knitting patterns and items. Joyce gave a talk at club in October 2016 and will be returning in May 2019.

Unravel will he held at Farnham Malting on Friday 22 – Sunday 24 February 2019

Make it 2019 and Knit & Stitch it 2019 takes place on Friday 22 and Saturday 23 February at Farnborough International Exhibition & Conference Centre, Farnborough

Show and tell

Carol made a cotton-blend top

and a white and pink cardigan for her great-niece

Deb has made 2 white and 2 mauve children's dresses, made from a combination of hand and machine knitting

Sally completed a hat kit that included a Christmas topper

Liz has been practising weaving on a table-top weaving loom

Talk by Ann Brown

Ann Brown, knitwear designer for Posh Frocks gave a tips and tricks filled talk on a large collection of recent machine and hand knitting designs and projects. Ann was very generous in sharing both her tips for success, and sharing mistakes and lessons learnt.

Ann was wearing one of her own designs that has an i-cord edge (Posh Frocks book 108) and explained that on a knitting machine the i-cord can be created by knitting every row, and the knitting will still curl, which works perfectly for the edging on this cardigan.

There was a comparison example of the difference that tension can have on a garment. Ann shared two jumpers both made from Artisano yarn, with one having been knit at a higher tension that the other. Even a small difference in tension can have a significant affect on the finished knitting. The lower tension was more fluid and softer.

November meeting soon

This month we have Ann Brown of Posh Frocks coming to see us and bring some of her knitted garments (hand and machine) to inspire us.   Posh Frocks  It's been a while since Ann visited us so there should be plenty of interesting garments to see and hear about.

The date is Tuesday 6th November.  As usual we will be meeting at 8pm.  Don't forget we now meet at Courtmoor School.

I'm sure Ann would be interested to see your recently completed items, so bring them along for show and tell.

Knitting Collection

Some of us visited Joyce Meader on Saturday 27th September to see her collection of vintage knitting patterns, books and garments as well as other knitting memorabilia.  We had a great time browsing through her wardrobes, boxes and bookcases.  We must admit to a lot of "I remember".  We were talking about our visit all the way home.

Thanks Joyce for the lovely cake and most welcome cuppa!