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They mainly produced yarns for commercial knitting machines. The Paton family were regarded as generous benefactors in the town of Alloa, where they provided funding for a significant range of public building projects, including Alloa Town Hall , public libraries, a school, a swimming pool, and a gymnasium.
Jorabs are usually knitted with 5 double-pointed needles. Bosnian and in old Tajik socks feature a combination of knitting and crochet techniques. Tajik jorabs (Pamirs area) can be made by using crochet technique only. Some ethnic groups from the Caucasus knit jorabs with 3 double-pointed bow-shaped needles.
Yarn companies offer free knitting patterns for these caps. Penguin sweaters were hand knitted by volunteers for the rehabilitation of penguins contaminated by exposure to oil slicks. The project is now complete. [49] Chicken sweaters were also hand knitted to aid battery hens that had lost their feathers.
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Angora wool, showing the "halo" effect. Angora hair or Angora fibre is the downy coat produced by the Angora rabbit.While the names of the source animals are similar, Angora fibre is distinct from mohair, which comes from the Angora goat.
Bohus Stickning Label, Akvamarin design, ca. 1963.Susanna Hansson Collection.. Bohus Stickning was a Swedish knitting cooperative that was active between 1939 and 1969. It was established as a cottage industry to provide income for poor families in Bohuslän (Sweden) during the Great Depression.
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