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2. Circular knitting - Wikipedia

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   The earliest image of circular knitting, from the 15th century AD. Circular knitting or knitting in the round is a form of knitting that creates a seamless tube. Work in the round is begun by casting on stitches as for flat knitting but then joining the ends of that row of stitches to form a circle. Knitting is worked in rounds (the equivalent ...

3. Grafting (knitting) - Wikipedia

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   In knitting, grafting is the joining of two knitted fabrics using yarn and a needle in one of three types of seams: selvage-to-selvage seam, selvage-to-end ("wales") seam, or; end-to-end ("wale-to-wale") seam. The Kitchener stitch is a common method for the third type of seam. The yarn follows the route of a row of ordinary knitting.

4. Hand knitting - Wikipedia

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   A circular needle resembles two short knitting needles connected by a cable of varying length between them. A circular knitting needle with a long cable can be used in place of straight needles to create larger flat-knitted pieces of fabric. Both types of circular knitting are used in creating pieces that are circular or tube-shaped, such as ...

5. Double knitting - Wikipedia

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   Double knit fabric is a fabric where both sides of the fabric are identical, for example, Interlock and Rib.These fabrics are knitted with two sets of needles on the circular knitting machine that form a material with the same face and back, unlike a single knitted fabric, [1] for instance, a single jersey that has a different appearance on the front and back.

6. Knitting needle - Wikipedia

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   Numerous techniques have been devised for the production of narrow tubular knitting on circular needles. One common method is to use two needles in place of the four or five double-pointed needles traditionally used, while a newer technique is to use one circular needle that is significantly longer than the circumference of the item being knitted.

7. Cowichan knitting - Wikipedia

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   Sleeves are knit on three to five needles depending on the size of the garment. The shaping of the sleeve depends on the needle sizes and the designs. Knitters decrease as needed, mostly in the elbow area and cuff, and cast off at the wrist. Knitting down the sleeve, rather than attaching on a separate sleeve, produces a better fitting garment ...