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.

MARCH 2026 MEETING

"PLAITING" WITH SUSAN ADAMS

Our March meeting will feature Susan Adams demonstrating plaiting. Plaiting (or plating) in machine knitting is a technique that feeds two separate yarns simultaneously into the needles, with one yarn positioned to appear on the technical face (knit side) and the other on the purl side. This creates a reversible, two-color effect, allows for using finer yarns to create a thicker fabric, and helps place scratchy yarns on the inside.

The picture of the vest below was planted, sideways on Susan’s Brother 260 bulky machine and designed with Design-A-Knit in stockinette – no fancy stitch technique. The knotted yarn is so that the plaiting yarns can be changed without taking the sinker plate off. The yarn is just pulled through. Fuzzy acrylic plaited with 2/24 on the knit side. 

The close-up of the dark loops shows how easy it is to miss one of the yarns when hanging on the machine to do the armhole trim. That required a little hand work to bring those to the inside and secure them.

The front and back were knit alike with a different color panel in the center of each.

Please join us — It’s going to be exciting!

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