SK153 – Slipknot – December 2016

Featured articles – “Machine knitting”, “Faroe Islands”, “Knitfest 2016”, “A crochet angel”, “Propagansey”.

Index

Features

  • Knitting and Crochet in the Faroe Islands
  • Chainless foundations in crochet
  • Exhibition review: Stitches in time
  • Did you know?
  • Book reviews
  • Rita’s angel
  • Exhibition review: A Proper Gander at Propagansey
  • The rise of the UK yarn festival
  • Hold it – it’s a wedge
  • Nostalgia: P&B colour leaflets from 1949
  • Machine knitting and the Guild Collection
  • The Elusive Miss Lambert
  • Sashiko in knitting
  • Very pretty muffatees
  • Norwich shawls exhibition
  • Knitfest, Inverness 29th September – 2nd October 2016

The Guild

  • Message from the Board
  • Yarnshop project update
  • The Guild on Facebook
  • Passing on the Passion
  • 200 Club winners
  • Next Guild visit to the V&A Clothworkers’ Centre
  • Information needed
  • Branch reports
  • Learning
  • Ravellenic Games – Team KCG4GOLD

Cover image is of Robin designed by member, Sue Stratford. The pattern is available on the Guild website – https://kcguild.org.uk/membership/members-area/. Sue’s book on knitted birds “A bird in the hand” was published recently.