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A raised increase, knitting into row below (k-b, k 1 b) 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. Knit two together through the back loops (K2tog tbl) for a left-leaning decrease.
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The earliest known pattern book containing a knitting pattern was published in 1524. [8] The earliest published English knitting pattern appeared in Natura Exenterata: or Nature Unbowelled, which was printed in London in 1655 [9] Jane Gaugain was an early influential author of knitting pattern books in the early 1800s. Yarn companies give away ...
Hand knitting garments for free distribution to others has become common practice among hand knitting groups. Girls and women hand knitted 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 ...
In Aran knitting patterns the honeycomb stitch, signifying the bee, is often used to represent both hard work and its rewards. [11] The honeycomb stitch may be included as a symbol of good luck, signifying plenty. [9] When only one repetition of the pattern is used, the honeycomb stitch is also known as the Chain Cable.
Sweater design is a specialization of fashion design in which knitted sweaters are designed to fulfill certain aesthetic, functional and commercial criteria. The designer typically considers factors such as the insulating power of the sweater (and its resulting warmth for the wearer); the fashion of its colors, patterns, silhouette and style lines, particularly the neckline and waistline; the ...
When knit wales cross, a cable is formed. Cables patterns tend to draw the fabric together, making it denser and less elastic; [5] Aran sweaters are a common form of knitted cabling. [6] Arbitrarily complex braid patterns can be done in cable knitting. In lace knitting, a pattern is formed by making small, stable holes in the fabric.
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.