Machine knitting with Barbara Ridland

Best birthday present ever – 1 week machine knitting workshop at Jeanette Sendler’s studio with Barbara Ridland. (Mon 23rd – 27th July 2007)

The course included:

• Introduction to single bed stitch structures
• Introduction to different types of yarns, needles, various functions, material equipment
• Developing samples. Compiling a portfolio, including hole stitching, weave, tuck, lace structures, hand finishing skills
• Introduction to hand knit Fair Isle
• Introduction to Shetland machine lace knitting
• Hand finishing skills

Here are some of the samples and work that we created including a beautiful frill scarf – with very square points, a mesh effect, some hand lacing (to get an appreciation of how punch cards work), fairisle and a camisole top.