LICHFIELD MACHINE KNITTING CLUB
Lichfield Machine Knitting 2024
March 2024
Casting on & Off Practical
Nigel our newest member joins in with our Casting on and off practical session. Other photos of members helping each other.
Show & Tell:
June with her charity knitting for Newcross hospital premature baby unit. She knitted a dozen sets of blanket, cardigan, waistcoat, hat and bootees.
May 2024
Tension Swatches using Different stitches
We created tension swatches for various stitches
Stocking Stitch, Tuck Stitch and Fairisle
This clearly showed that depending on the stitch used the no of stitches and rows per inch can be very different!
Show & Tell:
A top ready for Summer
And once again June delighted us with some more crocheted creations
June 2024
Armhole shaping
Raglan, Set-in, In-set
Once again a practical session, below is the How To for some of the raglans we tried or click this link to download.
A charity request from Lidia
If anyone would like to knit or crochet blankets for Sands Memory Boxes.
As long as the blankets are white and the size given, you can use your own patterns download pattern by clicking the link below,
Show & Tell:
June just can't stop crocheting:
The Yellow one is a hand knitted childs cardigan in DK,
and the burgundy one is the same pattern, converted for 4ply on knitting machine.
HOW TO:
V' NECKS and RAGLANS
'V' necks and Raglans can be treated in the same way as the technique is the same.
Raglan also give a better fit on the shoulder as unlike drop shoulder or set in sleeve, it does not rely on the width of a person's shoulder, so the sleeve head falls over the shoulder naturally giving a better fit.
Fully fashioned or fancy decreasing can also lift a plain garment and looks very neat.
This is done by decreasing the stitches several needles in from the edge using the 2, 3 or 7 pronged tool.
'V' NECKS
TIP
When you have knitted to the start of the 'V', before putting one side into hold, knit two rows over those stitches in WY, this stops the side from fluffin_g up.
Fully fashioned decreasing (that is using a two or three pronged tool) gives a firmer finish and the neckband will sit better.
Try this sample
Cast on 40sts knit 20 rows. Divide for 'V' neck.
On the first side do simple decreases using the one tool, eg. One stitch every two rows until no stitches are left.
On the other side use the three tool.
You will find that the fully fashioned side is a little shorter, firmer and slightly
curved. This gives a better finish -and -the neck lies flatter on the body.
RAGLANS
When shaping raglans, the rule to follow is;
When decreasing 1 stitch knit 2 rows in between decreases, a 2 stitch decrease knit 4 rows and a 3 stitch decrease knit 6 rows.
Don't forget to take empty needles at edge out of work. A few fancy raglans for you to try.
This is a nice one for a man's garment, using the seven tool.
Feather
Start with all prongs in work and transfer stitches 1 to 7 onto needles 2 to 8. Knit 2 rows.
Reduce the number of prongs by 1 and continue to decrease 1 stitch every 2 rows until 2 prongs remain. Then go back to 7 prongs and repeat until all shaping is complete.
Eyelet
Using a 3 pronged tool, transfer stitches 1, 2 & 3 onto needles 3,4 & 5. Take empty
needles to NWP. Transfer stitches 6, 7, & 8 to needles 7, 8 & 9, leave empty needles in WP. Knit 4 rows.
Small cable
Set 7 pronged tool to l . l. l. I and transfer stitches 1, 3, 5, & 7 onto needles 3, 5, 7 &
9, ( 1 stitch decrease) knit 2 rows
Large cable
Transfer stitches 1, 2, 3,4, 5, & 6 onto needles4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9 (3 stitch decrease) Knit 6 rows.
Repeat to end.
Cable and Lace
Set the 7 pronged tool as l l . I . 1 transfer stitches 1, 2,4 & 6 to needles 3,4, 6 & 8. Knit 4 rows.
September 2024
Necklines & Collars
Everyone is enjoying our practical sessions this year
June has made an army of Little Ted's on the knitting machine, which are all going off to charity.
If you would like to make some Little Teds for charity, Click here for pattern
Show & Tell:
Everyone has been busy this summer, below a selection of items produced by our members both Machine and Hand knitted or crocheted items
