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2. Welting (knitting) - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

3. Steek - Wikipedia

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   Steeks can be used for front openings (such as on a cardigan), armholes, or necklines. It has several advantages: Many knitters are faster at the knit stitch than the purl stitch, it goes faster, and allows one to work with the right side of the fabric facing the knitter all the time, and thus follow an intricate pattern more easily. It is also ...

4. Knitted fabric - Wikipedia

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   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.

5. Knitting - Wikipedia

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   By contrast, in warp knitting, one yarn is required for every wale. [5] Since a typical piece of knitted fabric may have hundreds of wales, warp knitting is typically done by machine, whereas weft knitting is done by both hand and machine. [6] Warp-knitted fabrics such as tricot and milanese are resistant to runs, and are commonly used in ...

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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 ...

8. Sweater - Wikipedia

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   One from the Graham Leggate collection, a Norwegian selburose design A sweater ( North American English ) or pullover , also called a jersey or jumper ( British English , Hiberno-English and Australian English ), [ 1 ] is a piece of clothing, typically with long sleeves, made of knitted or crocheted material that covers the upper part of the body.

9. Cardigan (sweater) - Wikipedia

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   Knit garments with zippers can also be referred to as a cardigan. [2] A current fashion trend has the garment with no buttons or zipper and hangs open by design. [ citation needed ] By contrast, a pullover (or sweater) does not open in front but must be "pulled over" the head to be worn.