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2. 11 Chunky Knit Blankets to Keep You Cozy in Cuffing Season - AOL

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   Safe to say a soft blanket is a year-round necessity. Whether you’re cuddling for cuffing season or just bundling up on your own, a go-to throw will get you through the 11 Chunky Knit Blankets ...

3. Yarn weight - Wikipedia

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   A more hands-on method, there is the test swatch and the gauge swatch. Knitting a test swatch requires knitting the yarn into a small, roughly 4 in (10 cm) square textile of even stitches. [4] Comparing this with recommended needle sizes, yarn, and the knitter's own signature tension, allows for adjustments to all of these things.

4. Hank (unit of measure) - Wikipedia

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   In yarns for handcrafts such as knitting or crochet, hanks are not a fixed length but are sold in units by weight, most commonly 50 grams (2 oz). Depending on the thickness of the strand as well as the inherent density of the material, hanks can range widely in yardage per 50 gram (2 oz) unit; for example, 440 yards for a lace weight mohair ...

5. Hand knitting - Wikipedia

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   The oral histories of many knitters have been collected, and suggest that hand-knitting is often associated with compassion. [24] "I knit love into every stitch" is a common refrain. [29] The repetitive aspect of hand-knitting is generally relaxing and can be well-suited for meditational or spiritual practice. [30] [31]

6. Arm knitting - Wikipedia

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   Arm knitting typically uses yarn in a size of 6 or "extra bulky". Knitters can decide the number of skeins they want to use based on desired thickness and length. Scissors are the only other tool than the knitter's arms. Normal crafts that can be made with arm knitting are blankets, scarves, infinity scarves, and cowls. Tutorials claim that the ...

7. Units of textile measurement - Wikipedia

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   Textile fibers, threads, yarns and fabrics are measured in a multiplicity of units.. A fiber, a single filament of natural material, such as cotton, linen or wool, or artificial material such as nylon, polyester, metal or mineral fiber, or human-made cellulosic fibre like viscose, Modal, Lyocell or other rayon fiber is measured in terms of linear mass density, the weight of a given length of ...