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Madonna Knitting, by Bertram of Minden 1400-1410 1855 sketch of a shepherd knitting, while watching his flock The Knitting Woman by William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1869. Knitting is the process of using two or more needles to pull and loop yarn into a series of interconnected loops in order to create a finished garment or some other type of fabric.
First Black man to receive a Ph.D. in Geology Goode, Sarah E. 1855–1905 Inventor Folding "cabinet-bed", forerunner of the Murphy bed; first African-American woman to receive a patent in the United States [83] [84] [85] Grant, George F. 1846–1910 Dentist, professor
Spun yarn is made by twisting staple fibres together to make a cohesive thread, or "single". [17] Twisting fibres into yarn in the process called spinning can be dated back to the Upper Paleolithic, [18] and yarn spinning was one of the first processes to be industrialized. Spun yarns are produced by placing a series of individual fibres or ...
Plied yarns may themselves be plied together, producing cabled yarns or multi-stranded yarns. Sometimes, the yarns being plied are fed at different rates, so that one yarn loops around the other, as in bouclé. The single yarns may be dyed separately before plying, or afterwards to give the yarn a uniform look.
Men often play a role by making or repairing the spinners and carders, helping with the washing or carding of the wool, and helping the women sell their works. [15] Once the preliminary wool preparation steps are completed, knitting can begin. Early materials for needles included whale bone, deer bone, telephone wire, bamboo chopsticks, [16 ...
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This can be done on a spinning wheel or on a spindle. If the yarn was spun clockwise (which is called a "Z" twist ), to ply, the wheel must spin counter-clockwise (an "S" twist). This is the most common way. When plying from bobbins a device called a lazy kate is often used to hold them. Most hobby spinners (who use spinning wheels) ply from ...
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