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Stoating is accomplished by passing the needle only halfway through the pieces of material to be stoated, using a very fine needle and thread, such as silk, [2] or even hair. [3] Stitches would be drawn from side to side across the opening to be sewn closed, in a pattern resembling a zig-zag or the rungs of a ladder. [ 2 ]
Work to the two stitches to be decreased, slip next stitch to the right-hand needle as if to knit, knit next stitch, pass slipped stitch over knit stitch. Also creates a left-leaning decrease. K2tog tbl ("knit two together through the back loops") – This looks similar to the SSK or S1, K, PSSO, but is faster to work.
Tuck stitches worked on the knit stitches of every row of a rib fabric, are the basis of Brioche Stitch [2] (also called English Rib or Full Cardigan Stitch in machine knitting). These fabric demonstrate the way in which the tucks open up the stitches width-wise, look the same on both sides, and are quite unstable as the tucks rob yarn from ...
A coverstitch results in parallel lines of straight stitches on one side of the fabric and an overcast stitch on the reverse side. [ 1 ] : 159 It is widely used in garment construction, particularly for attaching trims and flat seaming where the raw edges can be finished in the same operation as forming the seam.
Battenberg lace. Battenberg lace is a type of tape lace.It is of American origin, designed and first made by Sara Hadley of New York. This American lace was named either in honor of the wedding of Princess Beatrice, Queen Victoria's youngest daughter, to Prince Henry of Battenberg, or from [sic] the widowed Princess Beatrice.
A New York City bakery has responded to claims made by actor and The View host Whoopi Goldberg that her order was refused because of her political views.. Goldberg, who has been a co-host on The ...
Brioche knitting is a family of knitting patterns involving tucked stitches, i.e., yarn overs that are knitted together with a slipped stitch from the previous row. Such stitches may also be made by knitting into the row below (equivalent to the slipped stitch) and dropping the stitch above (equivalent to the yarn over).
It sounds like a crude joke: A doctor stitches up a woman extra tight following childbirth while throwing a wink at her husband. Yet “the husband stitch” — when a doctor provides an “extra ...