First meeting of
2019-20 club year
News and Events
Machine Knitting
Live is on Saturday 5th October at
Bournemouth School for Girls, and Fleet Knitting Club will be displaying lots
of machine knitting, hand knitting and crochet in one of the classrooms, as
well as providing our usual assistance with any of your machine knitting
questions. Tickets can be purchased from the Machine Knitting Monthly website (https://machineknittingmonthly.net/product-category/exhibition-tickets/)
or on the door for £6. The school is approximately 15 minutes (16 stops) from
Bournemouth Train Station on the M1 bus route.
The Knitting &
Stitching Show is at Alexandra Palace in north London from Thursday 10th to Friday 13th October (https://www.theknittingandstitchingshow.com/london/).
The next
Craft4Crafters (https://craft4crafters.co.uk/)
is Thursday 17th - Saturday 19th October at the Bath and West Showground,
Shepton Mallet, Somerset.
The Basingstoke College
of Technology are offering crochet and machine knitting classes for adults
under their Art and Design department.
Machine knitting –
in detail https://www.bcot.ac.uk/subject-areas/art-and-design/fpbc011/
Machine knitting –
Poncho and decorative techniques https://www.bcot.ac.uk/subject-areas/art-and-design/febc037/
Machine knitting for
beginners https://www.bcot.ac.uk/subject-areas/art-and-design/febc030/
AGM
There was the usual
AGM matters to discuss, including a few minor changes to the committee. The
location and price is staying the same. The lack of available speakers is
proving to be a challenge. Alternatives are being investigated, including
requesting the possibility of a Knitting and Crochet Guild trunk show one
month, now that the club has been registered as a Guild branch, after the
merger of the Guild of Machine Knitters with the Knitting and Crochet Guild.
All the branches and clubs within the Guild are listed on the Guild website (https://kcguild.org.uk/sharing-knowledge/guilds-groups-and-other-resources/kcg-branches/)
and on their useful interactive map (https://www.google.com/maps/d/embed?mid=12GHgpZnRdPog03g85un94DsIB-JCKrOg).
The programme for
the year is still being completed. At the October meeting there will be a look
through and comparison of knitting magazines, so please bring along any unusual
or interesting magazines. A few members will be bringing along magazines they
have collected from overseas, including Japan. Useful to have a look through
the different magazine formats to find the one that most appeals to you. A
magazine subscription makes an excellent Christmas gift suggestion.
Show and tell
Sandra hand-knit a
cute baby cardigan and hat in pink, with lace feature edging.
Sylvia laboriously
hand-knit a turquoise matinee jacket with ribbon embellishment, following a
very complicated pattern that is not to be repeated!
Nina machine-knit a
blue top with a subtle all-over pattern with set-in sleeves.
Susan was wearing a
beautiful hand-knit long waistcoat in shades of green, with a wooden brooch.
The yarn was hand-spun by a wool shop keeper in Tallinn, Estonia.
Marie-Ann had been
very busy knitting scarves and wraps ready for winter.
Sally didn't have any knitted items to share, but did bring along her completed MA History dissertation on the history of Victorian printed knitting books in the 1840s.
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