Machine Knitting Clubs and Groups
Contact machine knitters world-wide
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United Kingdom
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Four Seasons Knitting Club
We meet every Thursday 7 p.m. till 10 p.m.
at The Seabrook Community Centre, Wood Lane,
Dagenham, Essex.
We are a very friendly club and have been
going for over 25yrs.
We try to have a speaker every 2 months and
we also go to knitting exhibitions and visit wool mills.
Our ladies are interested in all aspects of crafts.
For more info email kenrosewilson@aol.com
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Hartlepool Machine Knitting Group
Meet at The People's Centre, Raby Road, Hartlepool, Cleveland, England, UK in Room 15 on the first floor between 1.30 pm and 4.00 pm. every Monday afternoon, except Bank Holidays.
A chair lift is available for anyone unable to climb the stairs.
New members are always welcomed.
Contact Olwen Carne on 01429 422232 or by e-mail:
olwin.carne1@ntlworld.com for more information.
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Kesgrave Knatty Knitters
We meet the first Wednesday of the month 7.30 pm
at The New Scout Hall, Twelve Acre Approach, Kesgrave, Suffolk.
All machine knitters are very welcome to come and join us.
Contact the Organiser Mrs. Olive Procyshyn by telephone
01473 62 2086 or
e-mail mfwo88@dsl.pipex.com for
further details.
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Knit n Natter
Meet every other Wednesday at Collier Row from 2.15 until 4 (Community Centre, Collier Row, Romford, Essex). For more details contact Jill Goddard by email
jillgoddard89@hotmail.com or by phone 01708 728129
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Knitaholics
We are a friendly club for both hand and
machine knitters.
We meet at St.Michaels Church, Chadwick Hall,
Gidea Park Romford, Essex on every third Thursday
in the month 7.30pm -to 9.30pm.
As soon as we have enough pennies in the bank,
we have a speaker - the more members the more speakers.
Contact Pat 01708 347263
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The Knitcraft Club
We meet every Wednesday morning 10am - 12noon
at Manley Street Community Centre, Ince, Nr Wigan.
For more details contact Brenda by email
at brenda1946@blueyonder.co.uk
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Knitwits
We are a very friendly club and meet every Monday
1.00 - 3.00pm at The Seabrook Hall, Wood Lane,
Dagenham. We have 25 members and new members are
more than welcome. For more details phone
Pat Nixon on 01708 782276.
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Lancing & Sompting Knitting Club
Meet every other Tuesday at the Methodist Church Hall,
Chester Avenue, Lancing, West Sussex BN15 8PF.
Doors open at 7.00pm and meetings start at 7.30p.m.
For more details, contact Jane Shaw
on 01903 205912 or email Dianne Bunyan
(Dianne@dbunyan.freeserve.co.uk)
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Latch On Knitting Club
We meet on the first Thursday of the month from
7.30 to 9.30ish pm, at The Long Lane Leisure Centre,
Long Lane, Grays, Essex.
We are a friendly group of mixed ages and abilities
formed mainly of machine knitters that welcomes all
machine and hand knitters.
We try to have outside speakers when they are available
and members also demonstrate and help each other.
For more details, please contact me (Wendy)
at gizziesmum@yahoo.com
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Long Buckby Machine Knitters
This friendly group meet the first Monday of every
month from 2pm - 4pm at The United Reformed Church Hall,
Brington Road, Long Buckby, NN6 7RW.
Email Pat for a calendar of events
pat@banyardsmith.freeserve.co.uk
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Sherborne and District Machine Knitting Club
The club's aim is to offer friendship, support
and help for machine knitters, beginners or
the serious addict.
We are a very active club and aim to continue
to keep this craft alive and in the public eye.
We meet 7.30-10pm every 2nd and 4th Thursday in the month,
at the Senior Lunch Club, Digby Rd, Sherborne, Dorset.
See our web site www.allknitsherberts.co.uk
Contact Sarah Chilcott 01935814769 or e-mail hellomrschilcott@yahoo.co.uk
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Strood Machine Knitting Club
Meet at 7.30pm on the third Monday of every month at the United Reform Church Hall,
Cliffe Road, Strood, Kent. Contact Eileen by email e.i@btinternet.com.
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Timberdine Machine Knitting Club
Meet at 7.30pm on the second Monday of every month at the Timberdine Home for the
Elderly, Worcester. Contact Pat Mills by email beeston2@yahoo.co.uk or phone 01905
754743. Alternatively, phone Linda Sandles on 01684 593344.
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Weobley Craft Group
Our craft group is held at
St Thomas`s Catholic Presbytery, Weobley, Herefordshire
the on the second Tuesday and last Tuesday of each month
10.30 am - 4.00 pm.
At this group we cover all crafts, including machine knitting,
giving the members a chance to try out a craft before
buying the necessary equipment.
We are a very happy and friendly group and have a large
membership. We always welcome new members.
For details contact Patricia by Tel.01544 340412 or
by e mail: patricia.baggott@ukonline.co.uk
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Woolgatherers Club
Meet 10am to 12 noon on alternate Wednesdays, at The Village Hall, Thriplow, near
Royston, Herts. Contact details Elizabeth Sewart 01954 719359, or email sewart@crowend.co.uk
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Australia
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Burnie Machine Knitters Club
Meets 9.30 a.m. on the second Monday of the month (exc. January) at the Uniting Church Hall, Penguin, Tasmania, Australia.
Contact Suzanne Hennessey (phone 0364317635)
or Joan Becker (email kbecker@tassie.net.au)
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Canada
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Abbotsford MK club
We meet the third Tuesday morning of the month
in Abbotsford, British Columbia.
New members and visitors are always welcome.
For more information email Gina Hartley - knitgina@shaw.ca or
phone 604-852-2388
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Powell River Knit a Bit Club
Our meetings are on the first Wednesday of each month,
at the home of Madeline Edmonds, 7178 Esquimalt Crescent,
Powell River, BC.
We meet at 7.00pm.
For more information about the club, please contact Tina Jacques by e-mail at
droganit@shaw.ca or by phone at 604-487-4345
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Denmark
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Bambi
Vi er 10 piger der mødes en gang om måneden. (We are 10 girls who meet once per month - machine knitting and more
). Contact bente@bknet.dk
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Netherlands
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De Verzethendel
Meet at 9.30 am on the first Thursday of every month in Rotterdam, Speeltuin Varkenoord,
Van Lieshoutstraat. For more details contact José email hlinden@chello.nl
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New Zealand
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New Plymouth Machine Knitters
Meet at 7.30pm every 3rd Tuesday evening of
the month at the Disabled Citizens Craft Centre,
83 Hine Street, New Plymouth.
We are running Beginners classes and members can
also work for a Machine Knitting Certificate.
For more details contact Maureen ph 64 06 7552520
email: m.j.whale@clear.net.nz
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Norway
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The Valley of Troll Machine Knitting Club
Trolldalen strikkemaskinklubb
Hello. I am a 50 year grandmother with a
knitting-machine bought in 1996. I have not used it much,
but I am starting now. I have a great house for my hobbies,
where I can have 3 or 4 visitors with their machines.
I make room for you, if you are from Bergen, or around Bergen.
I live in Askoy.
Hallo Jeg er en 50 årig mormor med en strikkemaskin,
kjøpt i 1996. Jeg har ikke brukt den mye, men jeg
skal starte nå. Har et stort, eget hobby- hus, hvor
jeg kan ta imot 3 til 4 besøkende med deres maskiner.
Jeg lager plass til deg om du er fra Bergen eller omegn.
Hilsen Ingrid. Contakt by mail: ingridib@hotmail.com
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U.S.A.
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Angel's Knit Club
We are a machine knitting club meeting
in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on the
2nd Tuesday of every month.
Further details can be obtained by
contacting Shirley Edie (719-570-7955)
Email: sedie@comcast.net BUT please
include the words "Knitting Machine"
in the subject line
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The Carolinas Knitting Machine Guild
This guild encompasses people from all over the world.
We have a Yahoo Group where we can help each other, chit
chat and share our monthly newsletter. Because we live
so far from each other, rather than have a yearly seminar
or workshop, we have a yearly contest.
All members are welcome to enter their garments or home dec
items in the contest. Winners are given a monetary reward
and there's more than 1 winner.
Read about us on our web page at
www.carolinasmkg.com
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Country Crafter
Pinegrove Ave Hanson MA
We are a machine knitting group that meet the
second Sunday of the month.
We have a demonstration, a doorprize, show and tell
and refreshments.
Please come
Contact Judy Goodwin 781-294-4556 for more details
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Illinois - Wisconsin Knitters
For details about this group, please send an email to
KeenKreationsArt@gmail.com
with your experience, model
used and interests in knitting.
Members of all abilities
and machines are welcome to join.
Location and meeting dates vary.
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InterKnit Machine Knitters Guild - Illinois
InterKnit MK Guild was founded 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.
InterKnit is not affiliated with any knit shop,
is totally self-supporting thanks to the talents
and generosity of its' members.
Interknit members include beginners (our most important members!),
hobby knitters,
designers,
authors,
teachers,
knit shop owners and
interested knitters from all over Northern Illinois.
We meet the 2nd. Sat.of each month at 10:00 a.m. at the College of
DuPage, Room 1000-Berg Instructional Center, Glen Ellyn, Illinois.
Located within easy access of I-355 and the East-West Tollway (I-88)
[see a map at our website:
http://www.interknitmk.org
for directions].
A typical meeting includes a brief business meeting, show and tell,
a break for food and fellowship, and a program provided by one of
InterKnits' own demonstrators or guest instructor.
Meetings include all day seminars, field trips to events or businesses
featuring fiber, knits, or related arts, a charity knit-in and an
end-of-year party.
How To Join: Attend a club meeting, it's free.
Click our website calendar (link above) to see what's coming next.
Then, if you'd like to become an official member, annual dues
are $35.00. Membership year Jan.-Dec.
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Knittin' Kittens Of Lincoln Park/Chicago
Meet once a month at Lincoln Park Location, Chicago, Illinois. The club is open
to Hand and Machine/Loom Knitters and those who are just interested to learn or
do charity work. Contact Daz Anton Kovalec 773.975.7816 or email ethelandoslow@hotmail.com.
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Knittin' To It Knit Club - Illinois
Knittin' To It Knit Club meets 4 times a year at the
Burr Ridge Community Center in Burr Ridge, Illinois.
Meetings are usually 3-6 hours long, depending on the demonstrator.
For more information, check our web site at:
http://home.mindspring.com/~stylist/
or send an e-mail to Maryknits@aol.com
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Machine Knitters Guild of Pennsylvania
The Machine Knitters Guild of Pennsylvania is a
nonprofit organization dedicated to establishing
communication, stimulation, and encouragement among
machine knitters, thus strengthening the machine
knitting economy.
The Guild newsletter started as a communication tool
to bring together Pennsylvania machine knitters, but
has now reached out across the US and Canada.
In striving to encourage communication among machine
knitters, our Guild membership “knits” our members together.
For more information go to:
www.geocities.com/debsaknittin/MKGOP
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Plateau Machine Knitters
Our club meetings take place on the second Saturday
of each month at my home in Mayland, TN (10 miles west
of Crossville and 5 minutes off I-40)at Exit 311.
The meetings start at 11:00 a.m. They are a brown-bag
lunch, show-and-tell and any questions or problems on
your projects. We work on various projects
and do not charge any dues for our meetings.
Any and all types of machines are welcome.
There are five machines already set up, so you do not
need to bring your machine. Please join us.
If you need directions or further information
please email me at BettyFKnit@yahoo.com
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Internet Online Groups
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KMaholics
This group originated in Belgium (March 2006) and started
with a handful of French-speaking knitters.
It quickly grew into an international board with 157
members as of today (7 October 2006).
All our messages are in both French and English.
Some members translate their own messages and, for the rest,
I translate them myself.
All makes of knitting machines are represented.
Any knitting level, from beginner to expert.
We share our experience and experiments, our problems and
solutions, help each other and try to give as many hints
and tips as we can.
The group is strictly moderated and every member and
message has to be approved. This is because each message
has to be translated but also to avoid nasties reaching
our resources.
We have a database, links, photo albums and files at our
members' disposal.
Please visit, join and enjoy - Loulou
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KnittingMachines
A gathering place for knitting machine enthusiasts.
We share ideas and seek solutions to knitting problems.
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Wisconsin Machine Knitting Guild
We are an online yahoo group based guild
accepting members from Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois,
Michigan and Minnesota.
We have a free site and publish a free monthly
newsletter packed with patterns, tips, and
interesting articles.
Our purpose is to establish a network of local
machine knitters, and machine knitting clubs
to further the craft. We are not affiliated with
any dealership or yarn distributor. We hope this
will lead to sharing of ideas, activities and
promotion of machine knitting locally;
to attract new knitters to our craft,
and give them local support to continue.
Seminars, workshops and get-togethers are
starting to happen in a small way.
We have an annual face to face get together that
grows in size each year.
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