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.
JULY 2026 MEETING
CLAIRE NEWBERRY BEADING
Join us in July when Claire Newberry will be demonstrating beading on the knitting machine!
Claire graduated with a Royal Society of Art’s Young Designer into Industry Award & landed her first job as a knitwear designer, gaining valuable experience in knitwear design & specialist knitwear manufacturing, as well as knowledge in range building & state-of-the-art Shima Seiki APEX series knitting CAD software technology.
Claire then worked for several years as a freelance knitwear designer creating her All Knitted company- a swatch design agency, selling design concepts to top international design houses across the fashion capitals of the world, namely Oscar de la Renta, Moschino Cheap & Chic, Maje Paris & high-end high street brands. Later came Frou Frou Textile Design, selling one-off concept embroidery design swatches for the USA & Japanese markets.
Claire continues her knitwear experience in her CAD design work, offering the Shima Seiki APEX series of 3D CAD software. This software allows designs to be virtually realised in 3D CAD, replacing the need to use costly physical sampling, which is slow & takes its toll on the earth’s resources.
