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A granny square is a piece of square fabric produced in crochet by working in rounds from the center outward. Granny squares are traditionally handmade as crochet and cannot be manufactured by machine.
An afghan is a blanket or shawl, usually knitted or crocheted. [1] It is sometimes also called a "throw" of indeterminate size. Afghans are often used as bedspreads, or as a decoration on the back of couches or chairs. [2]
Mid-19th century Navajo rugs often used a three-ply yarn called Saxony, which refers to high-quality, naturally dyed, silky yarns. Red tones in Navajo rugs of this period come either from Saxony or from a raveled cloth known in Spanish as bayeta, which was a woolen manufactured in England.
Yarn weight. Yarn weight refers to the thickness of yarn used by knitters, weavers, crocheters and other fiber artists. Different yarn weights. From left to right: Top row - Chunky, super bulky. Bottom row - Fingering, sport, worsted.
Weaving is a method of textile production in which two distinct sets of yarns or threads are interlaced at right angles to form a fabric or cloth. Other methods are knitting, crocheting, felting, and braiding or plaiting. The longitudinal threads are called the warp and the lateral threads are the weft, woof, or filling.
Braided rugs are made by using three or more strips of fabric, usually wool, folding the raw edges to the middle and braiding them together. For an oval rug the centre braid should be one inch longer than the width-length in feet. example 2' x 4' rug centre strip would be 2'2" long. The centre braid is laced together and new strips are sewn on ...
Plying. In the textile arts, plying (from the French verb plier, [1] "to fold", from the Latin verb plico, from the ancient Greek verb πλέκω. [2]) is a process of twisting one or more strings (called strands or plies) of yarn together to create a stronger yarn. [3] Strands are twisted together in the direction opposite that in which they ...
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