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2. Tunisian crochet - Wikipedia

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   Tunisian crochet or Afghan crochet is a type of crochet that uses an elongated hook, often with a stopper on the handle end, called an Afghan hook. It is sometimes considered to be a mixture of crocheting and knitting. [1] As such, some techniques used in knitting are also applicable in Tunisian crochet. One example is the intarsia method.

3. Cable knitting - Wikipedia

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   A vast variety of cable patterns can be invented by changing the number of cables, the separations of their center lines, the amplitudes of their waves (i.e., how far they wander from their center line), the shape of the waves (e.g., sinusoidal versus triangular), and the relative position of the crests and troughs of each wave (e.g., one wave ...

4. Crochet - Wikipedia

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   Slip stitch crochet is very similar to knitting. Each stitch in slip stitch crochet is formed the same way as a knit or purl stitch which is then bound off. A person working in slip stitch crochet can follow a knitted pattern with knits, purls, and cables, and get a similar result. [42]

5. Knitting abbreviations - Wikipedia

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   Knitting abbreviations can be grouped by what they describe: side of work; RS and WS signify the "right side" and "wrong side" of the work.. type of stitch; k means a knit stitch (passing through the previous loop from below) and p means a purl stitch (passing through the previous loop from above).

6. History of knitting - Wikipedia

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   Madonna Knitting, by Bertram of Minden 1400-1410 1855 sketch of a shepherd knitting, while watching his flock The Knitting Woman by William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1869. Knitting is the process of using two or more needles to pull and loop yarn into a series of interconnected loops in order to create a finished garment or some other type of fabric.

7. Fair Isle (technique) - Wikipedia

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   Fair Isle (/fɛəraɪ̯l/) is a traditional knitting technique used to create patterns with multiple colours. It is named after Fair Isle, one of the Shetland Islands. Fair Isle knitting gained considerable popularity when the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII) wore Fair Isle jumpers in public in 1921. Traditional Fair Isle patterns have ...