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2. Intarsia (knitting) - Wikipedia

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   There are several techniques to execute intarsia when circular knitting. Executing intarsia "in-the-round" eliminates the need for seams and, in one case, turning the piece and working from the wrong side. Priscilla Gibson-Roberts discusses four techniques for knitting intarsia in the round in her book, Ethnic Socks & Stockings. [1] [page needed]

3. List of knitting stitches - Wikipedia

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   A lifted increase, knitting into the yarn between the stitches (inc, m1) Knit front and back (kfb) Purl front and back (, pass slipped stitch over (S1, K1, PSSO) for a left-leaning decrease.

4. Gather (knitting) - Wikipedia

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   In knitting, a gather draws stitches closer together within a row of knitting. Common methods include: In binding, a yarn loop is passed over 2 or more stitches in the same row (usually adjacent to the binding loop); also known as a pullover stitch. In clustering, the yarn is wound laterally around a set of stitches in the same row, possibly ...

5. Knitting pattern - Wikipedia

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   Knitting pattern - Paragon Girls Cardigan Leaflet no 49. Knitting patterns can be sold as a means of income. Knitting pattern collections are sold in books [6] and magazines, [7] but web sites such as Ravelry allow sale of individual knitting patterns. The earliest known pattern book containing a knitting pattern was published in 1524. [8]

6. Fair Isle (technique) - Wikipedia

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   Basic two-colour Fair Isle requires no additional techniques beyond the basic knit stitch: the purl stitch is not used if the garment is knit in the round. At each knit stitch, there are two available "active" colours of yarn; one is drawn through to make the knit stitch, and the other is simply held behind the piece, carried as a loose strand ...

7. Hand knitting - Wikipedia

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   Knitting garments for free distribution to others is a common theme in modern history. Knitters made socks, sweaters, scarves, mittens, gloves, and hats for soldiers in Crimea, the American Civil War, and the Boer Wars; this practice continued in World War I, World War II and the Korean War, and continues for soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.

8. Pick up stitches (knitting) - Wikipedia

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   Picking up stitches to make the thumb of a mitten. In knitting, picking up stitches means adding stitches to the knitting needle that were previously bound off or belong to the selvage. Picking up stitches is commonly done in knitting garments, e.g. in knitting the collar or sleeves, and is essential for entrelac knitting.

9. Elizabeth Zimmermann - Wikipedia

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   According to her posthumously published book The Opinionated Knitter, a yarn-company editor altered Zimmermann's circular knitting instructions for a Fair Isle Yoke pullover after she submitted the sweater, rendering it in the back-and-forth "flat" knitting method that was more popular among American knitters at the time.