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Photograph Schematic U.S. term U.K. term Turning chain slip stitch slip stitch / single crochet N/A chain stitch chain stitch N/A single crochet
Stitch markers can also designate attachment points for components of a multi-part project, such as a sleeve on a sweater. [3] Crochet often employs complex lacy patterns where stitch markers are helpful. Crochet also has less inherent stretch than knitting, so crocheted garments require greater contour adjustments at the pattern and ...
Square stitch is an off-loom bead weaving stitch that mimics the appearance of beadwork created on a loom. Loom patterns and even cross stitch embroidery patterns may be used for square stitch pieces. Because each bead in a square stitch piece is connected by thread to each of the four beads surrounding it, this stitch is very strong.
Tunisian crochet and slip stitch crochet can in some cases use less yarn than knitting for comparable pieces. According to sources [40] claiming to have tested the 1/3 more yarn assertion, a single crochet stitch (sc) uses approximately the same amount of yarn as knit garter stitch, but more yarn than stockinette stitch. Any stitch using ...
A granny square worked in two colors and seven rounds. Cotton, four-millimetre (0.16 in) crochet hook. 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. They resemble coarse lace.
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An illustration of the buttonhole stitch. In everyday language, a stitch in the context of embroidery or hand-sewing is defined as the movement of the embroidery needle from the back of the fibre to the front side and back to the back side. [1] The thread stroke on the front side produced by this is also called stitch.
A key factor in knitting is stitch definition, corresponding to how well complicated stitch patterns can be seen when made from a given yarn. Smooth, highly spun yarns are best for showing off stitch patterns; at the other extreme, very fuzzy yarns or eyelash yarns have poor stitch definition, and any complicated stitch pattern would be invisible.