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LICHFIELD MACHINE KNITTING CLUB
September 2018
Alternate Needle Knitting
&
Designs Using Hold Position
Speaker: Sue Booth
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Designs Using Holding Position



Alternate Needle Knitting allows us to use thicker wool, even an Aran weight on our Standard Gauge Machine
This Sample shows Tuck stitch using two strands of 4 ply, on Alternate needles and at the top Sue added the Aran weight for the fairisle



Turning a Corner Using Holding Position


Add a Fringe
&
by adding rows between turns you can make the centre for a Poncho

Diamonds, Triangles Parallelograms or Circles, the choice is yours to explore

Hand Selection Fair Isle
We were packing up and Sue found time to show me Hand Selection Fair Isle

Instructions for all these designs can be found in our Members Area
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