Collegiate Blanket knit by Kathy Stone on the Passap E6000 using Technique 186. Approximate finished size: 44″w x 64″h
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.
OCTOBER 2026 MEETING
NANCY ELLERS
Santa Hat
Join us October 10th when Nancy Ellers will be showing us how to knit a Santa Hat!
Nancy has been knitting by hand since 1960, and by machine since the 1980’s after seeing a knitting machine for the first time at Harrods in London. It’s her favorite hobby now! She says that since retiring it’s so nice to knit at her own pace. She developed the Santa hat after seeing a similar Santa design on Facebook. She used Design-A-Knit 9 to work out her pattern and was knit on her Brother KH270. The hem can be ribbed easily if you have a ribber, but her demo will be on the flat bed with a mock hem. It is knit in fairisle with the long floats ‘tamed’. Club members will receive her DAK file and a pdf chart, but she requests that it not be sold or shared outside of our group. After making a swatch and determining the gauge, the size of the hat can be determined by the number of full repeats plus 2 stitches for seaming
It promises to be a great demo and we hope to see you there!
