Dear Readers
This month our knitting news stretches across the country, from Fair Isle in the Shetlands to St. Ives in Cornwall. We’re happy to remind residents in Cornwall that they can buy an annual £10 pass for unlimited year-round entry to Tate St. Ives, the Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden. This year’s Winter Festival takes place at Tate St Ives on the 23rd and 24th November from 10.00am to 4.00pm and celebrates people of all ages coming together creatively. At the heart of the Festival, local choirs will be singing carols in the galleries. There’s a discounted entry cost of just £1 and it’s free for under 18s. Full contact details are in Clubline on Page 10.
Our news from the far North is that designer Marie Bruhat, who we showcased in Spotlight in the June 2021 magazine, has a new online Academy. Her designs have always embraced the authentic style of Fair Isle, but she’s given them a modern twist on her Silver Reed punchcard machine. Marie works with over 80 colours of fine Shetland wool, which is spun and dyed on mainland Shetland. Marie will show us every aspect of knitting Fair Isle and the course is exclusively available on the Machine Knit Community. As part of joining the Academy, you get three months’ free access to the MKC, where you can make the most of all the other MKC content. There are live presentations, classes and a video vault of all previous events, with more videos than you’ll have time to watch in three months! I’ve been speaking with Nic at the MKC and Marie, to bring you a Spotlight feature about this new venture next month. In the meantime, Clubline on Page 10 has more details.
There really is a lot going on in the machine knitting world right now and perhaps it won’t be too long before our craft is back on TV again. The hand-knitters are leading the way with a new Channel 4 series (see Newsline on Page 6) to join The Great British Bake Off and The Great British Sewing Bee. Next month I’ll look back at a wonderful holiday and wedding this year and look forward to a New Year filled with exciting things in machine knitting. Until then, knit happy!
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