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In knitting, crochet and other handmade textile arts, blocking is a final stage of handmade textile production that adjusts the shape and size of the finished piece. Not all pieces need blocking; however, blocking is standard for lace work and is not uncommon in sweaters, socks, and other solid projects.
A hat block, also known as a hat form or bashing block, is a wooden block carved into the shape of a hat by a craftsman known as a block shaper. It is used by hat makers and milliners [1] to produce a hat. Today there are only a handful of block shapers left. In the United Kingdom, hat block making has been listed as an endangered craft by the ...
Bobbin lace border with picot edging, Study Collection, ST271, ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen To create a picot in tatting, the first half of a double stitch is made, but instead of pulling the half-stitch taut against the stitch before it, the half-stitch is pinched against the foundation thread and held some distance from the stitch before it.
Tunisian crochet and slip stitch crochet can in some cases use less yarn than knitting for comparable pieces. According to sources [42] 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 ...
Staples from one manufacturer may or may not fit another manufacturer's unit even if they look similar and serve the same purpose. Staples are often described as X/Y (e.g. 24/6 or 26/6), where the first number X is the gauge of the wire , and the second number Y is the length of the shank (leg) in millimeters. Some exceptions to this rule ...
On the left, an image used to advertise a crochet pattern on Etsy for a store that is no longer present on Etsy. On the right, an AI-generated image of a “crochet cute fox” created by NBC News ...
Crochet stitches have different terminology in different countries. Schematic crochet symbols have a consistent meaning internationally. Basic stitches ...
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