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In such cases, the knitter can resort to a variety of alternative techniques, such as double-pointed needles, knitting on two circular needles, [1] a Möbius strip-like "magic needle" approach (commonly known as "Magic Loop"), or careful use of slip-stitch knitting or equivalently double knitting to knit the back and front of the tube.
Knitting using a circular needle. Four double pointed knitting needles. Knitting on double points. Magic Loop knitting on one circular needle. 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.
Hand knitting patterns are designed to "flip" the fabric on every row so that the knitter consistently uses the dominant hand. However, machine knitting is consistently knit with the fabric facing the same way. Flat bed machines knit back and forth and circular machines knit continuously in the round.
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. The word is derived from knot , thought to originate from the Dutch verb knutten , which is similar to the Old English cnyttan , "to knot". [ 1 ]
Toe socks (also known as fingersocks, glove socks, 5-toe socks or digital socks) are socks that have been knitted so that each toe is individually encased the same way as fingers within a glove. All sock lengths are available as toe socks, from no-show style to anklet and ankle socks through to knee-high and over-knee socks.
Basic pattern of warp knitting. Parallel yarns zigzag lengthwise along the fabric, each loop securing a loop of an adjacent strand from the previous row. Warp knitting is defined as a loop-forming process in which the yarn is fed into the knitting zone, parallel to the fabric selvage. It forms vertical loops in one course and then moves ...
A sock puppet, sockpuppet, sock-puppet, or sock poppet is a puppet made from a sock or a similar garment. [1] The puppeteer wears the sock on a hand and lower arm as if it were a glove, with the puppet's mouth being formed by the region between the sock's heel and toe, and the puppeteer's thumb acting as the jaw.
The Sock Knitter is a 1915 painting by the Australian artist Grace Cossington Smith.The painting depicts a woman, believed to be the artist's sister, knitting a sock. It was the first work by Cossington Smith to be exhibited and has been "acclaimed as the first post-impressionist painting to be exhibited in Australia."