Knitting

Knitting

A method of creating a cloth by stitching thread or yarn into consecutive rows of loops.

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bobble

Hobbies; Knitting

Bobbles are large bumps created in a knit fabric by knitting several times into the front and back of a single stitch, then decreasing back to one stitch on a subsequent row.

Ravelry

Hobbies; Knitting

Ravelry is a social network for knitters and crocheters, enabling them to network and to share patterns and projects with one another.

pick up stitches

Hobbies; Knitting

Pick up stitches by inserting a needle into the area where stitches need to be created (e.g. a neckline)and put through a loop. The loop becomes a new stitch to be knit on the next round or row. ...

teflon coating

Hobbies; Knitting

Some knitting needles have a teflon coating to enable stitches to glide easily over the needles. Knitters who like to knit fast and/or use heavily textured yarn will find the teflon coating helps ...

interchangeable needle set

Hobbies; Knitting

A set of interchangeable needles consists of flexible cable in several lengths along with various sizes of needle tips to be attached to a cable to form a circular knitting needle.

square needles

Hobbies; Knitting

A recent innovation in knitting needles is the square shaft. Square needles still have points, but the rest of the needle is square instead of rounded so a dropped needle will not roll. Some ...