Madrid Sweater by
Mary Matz of
twistedyarns.com

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.

DECEMBER MEETING

LEARNING THE KNIT LEADER WITH JEREMY BERNARDONI

A knit leader is a pattern-charting device for machine knitting that helps knitters follow a pattern by visually tracking progress. It consists of a mechanism that advances a transparent mylar sheet with a pattern drawn on it, corresponding to the rows being knit. The user sets the leader based on a tension swatch, and the device then shows when to increase, decrease, or perform other pattern modifications by moving the pattern relative to the knitting machine’s carriage. 

 

Jeremy will provide an introduction to installing and using the Knit Leader device and working with they mylar sheets and patterns. Additionally, there will be a brief explanation of how to drape your own patterns to use with the Knit Leader. 

 

It’s going to be exciting! You’re not going to want to miss this!

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