WELCOME TO INTERKNIT MACHINE KNITTING GUILD
Interknit Machine Knitting Club was originally founded as an “in-person” Club in the suburbs of Chicago in the fall of 1995 for the support, education, and fellowship of machine knitters of all experience and expertise levels, regardless of the make or model of machine used. We now meet via Zoom and boast members throughout the U.S., Canada, England and Australia!
Interknit is not affiliated with any knit shop. It is self-supporting. Members include beginners, hobby knitters, designers, authors, teachers, and interested knitters from across the United States as well as a couple of foreign countries. Our club year begins in January with annual dues in the amount of $25 payable by December 31st of each year. New/returning members may join at any time during the year. Regular meetings are held via Zoom on the second Saturday of each month from 10:00 a.m. – Noon, Central Time Zone. A typical meeting includes a brief business meeting, an enthusiastic show and tell and a program provided by one of Interknit’s own demonstrators or a guest instructor. We also have two or three hour workshops/seminars with guest demonstrators each year, and we provide knitted items for local charities and organizations such as Wool-Aid.
JUNE MEETING DEMONSTRATION
INTARSIA WITH SUSAN ADAMS
Susan has been teaching Machine knitting since the early 2000’s and enjoys empowering students with skills that they can use in a variety of applications. This month we will be exploring the use of the intarsia setting/carriage on your machines. NOT to knit little ducks on a jumper necessarily, but to give you the opportunity to see how this knitting technique can be useful in a number of ways. We will explore some of the fabrics in Susan Guagliumi’s Open Spaces book (so if you own it, have it on hand and grab one up if you don’t). We will see how the use of Intarsia can allow for building space and color into the fabrics we make. We will also touch on Cables as shown in Bill King’s Cables book (another one to have on hand or acquire). Intarsia can help us shape necklines – both sides at the same time – including asymmetrical shapes, AND SO MUCH MORE. We hope, by the end of this demonstration, you will think of Intarsia as another tool available to you to make your own unique garments. Please join us on June 14th for a look at Intarsia (without the duckies).
