Logo of the Mapperley Knit & Natter Club

We are a group of enthusiastic machine knitters, who get together once a month to share ideas, and to learn more about our craft.

 

Knitting machines aren't easily carried around, so we have two club machines that we use for demonstrations given by club members, and to help new knitters (and those returning after a break) to get to grips with their machines.

 

Although we're a machine-knitting club, most of our members also hand-knit or crochet (or both) and often bring something to work on during meetings.

When we meet

We meet on the first Monday in the month, unless that is a bank holiday in England. In that case, the meeting moves to the second Monday in the month.

 

Normal meeting times are 6.45pm to 9pm (doors open at 6.30pm).

Where we meet

Killisick Community Centre

Killisick Road

Arnold

Nottingham

NG5 8DB

There is a small car park and on-street parking nearby.

Accessibility

The venue is on one floor, with wide doors. There is an accessible toilet. The car park is 100m away (a kerb and then a short path across the front of the building). There is one accessible parking space immediately in front of the venue. If you need to use it and are not a regular visitor, please let us know in advance. This way, we can ask people who have brought others less able to walk to move their cars promptly once they have dropped their passenger.

Future meetings

Meeting details for at least the next 3 months are listed, and details are added as they become available.

June 2026
1
Monday
DEMONSTRATION - Claire Newberry at 7:00pm
Claire Newberry is coming on 1st June to give a demonstration on holding position. Everyone is welcome. Doors open at 6.30pm for refreshments, with the demonstration due to start at 7pm. We expect the formal part of the evening to be over by 8.30pm, but have the hall until 9pm if people want to stay for a chat. There is a charge for non-members of £10 to help cover the cost of the speaker.
We need to know numbers, so if you intend to come, please get in touch using the contact form below if you are not a club member.
July 2026
6
Monday
DEMONSTRATION - Jane Taylor at 7:00pm
Jane Taylor is coming on 6th July to give a demonstration on Guilloche stitch. Jane runs a machine-knitting school in Derbyshire, and teaches at Nottingham Trent University. Doors open at 6.30pm for refreshments, with the demonstration due to start at 7pm. We expect the formal part of the evening to be over by 8.30pm, but have the hall until 9pm if people want to stay for a chat. There is a charge for non-members of £10 to help cover the cost of the speaker.
We need to know numbers, so if you intend to come, please get in touch using the contact form below if you are not a club member.

Contact us

 

If you wish to contact us, please use the form below and we will get back to you as soon as possible. You may find the answers to your questions elsewhere on this page. PLEASE NOTE: We get a lot of junk mail through this form, so if we don't answer within a few days, please try again.

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The club is run by volunteers. It may take us a little while to get back to you.

What does it cost?

We have to pay for the room hire, the refreshments and external speakers.

  • Club members pay an annual subscription of £13.00 and a per-meeting fee of £3.00. Club members have a say in the running of the club.
  • Visitors pay a per-meeting fee of £5 unless individual meeting information above says differently. (We may charge more for external speakers, for example.)

The rates are updated every year at our April AGM.

Find us online

You can find more information about us on Facebook and Instagram.