Portal:Knitting

The Knitting Portal Topics Culture Geography Health History Mathematics Nature People Philosophy Religion Society Technology A sample of flat knitting used to create a scarf. Knitting is a craft by which thread or yarn may be turned into cloth. Similar to crochet, knitting consists of loops called stitches pulled through each other. Knitting differs from crochet in that multiple stitches are active, or in use, at the same time, and crochet uses a single tool, a crochet hook, instead of a minimum of two knitting needles. The active stitches are held on a needle until another loop can be passed through them with a second needle. One of the earliest known examples of knitting was finely decorated cotton socks found in Egypt in the end of the first millennium AD. The first knitting trade guild was started in Paris in 1527. With the invention of the knitting machine, however, knitting "by hand" became a useful but non-essential craft. Similar to quilting, spinning, and needlepoint, knitting became a social activity. Different yarns and knitting needles may be used to achieve different end products, by giving the final piece different colour, texture, weight or integrity. This has led contemporary knitters to create web sites and blogs about their own patterns, techniques, and to showcase their work. A knitting needle or knitting pin is a tool in hand-knitting to produce knitted fabrics. They generally have a long shaft and taper at their end, but they are not nearly as sharp as sewing needles. Their purpose is two-fold. The long shaft holds the active (unsecured) stitches of the fabric, to prevent them from unravelling, whereas the tapered ends are used to form new stitches. Most commonly, a new stitch is formed by inserting the tapered end through an active stitch, catching a loop (also called a bight) of fresh yarn and drawing it through the stitch; this secures the initial stitch and forms a new active stitch in its place. In specialized forms of knitting the needle may be passed between active stitches being held on another needle, or indeed between/through inactive stitches that have been knit previously. ► Knitting no subcategories ▼ Textile arts ► Textile artists ► Beadwork ► Indigenous textile art of the Americas ► Lace ► Needlework ► Ropework ► Rugs and carpets ► Sewing ► Tapestries ► Wearable art ► Weaving A ribbed-knitted neck warmer A neck warmer ribbed-knitted to form a circular shape using circular needles … that the earliest known pattern book containing a knitting pattern was published in 1524? Arts Textile arts Visual arts Knitting Tools and materials: knitting needle · yarn Styles: circular knitting · combined knitting · continental knitting · English knitting · flat knitting · warp knitting · weft knitting Stitches: decrease · dip · elongated · increase · plaited · yarn over Techniques: Basketweave · Bead knitting · Bias knitting · Binding off · Bobble · Brioche knitting · Buttonhole · Cables · Casting on · Double knitting · Drop-stitch knitting · Entrelac · Faggoting · Fair Isle · Finger knitting · Gather · Grafting · Hemming · Intarsia · Lace · Medallion knitting · Picking up stitches · Pleat · Ribbing · Shadow knitting · Short row · Slip-stitch knitting · Spool knitting · Tuck · Uneven knitting · Weaving · Welting Patterns: Aran · Argyle Machine knitting: Complete garment knitting · Fully-fashioned knitting · Knitting machine · Stocking frame People: Elizabeth Zimmermann · Knitters in literature Other related topics: Basic knitted fabrics · Blocking · Gauge · History · Knitted fabric · Knitting abbreviations · Selvage · Steek The following Wikimedia sister projects provide more on this subject: What are portals? | List of portals | Featured portals |