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2. Knitting needle - Wikipedia

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   Since the invention of the circular needle, they have been most commonly used to knit smaller tube-shaped pieces such as sleeves, collars, and socks. Usually two needles are active while the others hold the remaining stitches. Double-pointed needles are somewhat shorter than single-pointed or circular needles, and are usually used in the 13 ...

3. Circular knitting - Wikipedia

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   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.

4. Knitting - Wikipedia

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   Smaller items, such as socks and hats, are usually knit in one piece on double-pointed needles or circular needles. Hats in particular can be started "top down" on double pointed needles with the increases added until the preferred size is achieved, switching to an appropriate circular needle when enough stitches have been added.

5. Hand knitting - Wikipedia

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   The third needle type consists of circular needles, which are long, flexible double-pointed needles. The two tapered ends (typically 5 inches (130 mm) long) are rigid and straight, allowing for easy knitting; however, the two ends are connected by a flexible strand (usually nylon) that allows the two ends to be brought together.

6. Henry Josiah Griswold - Wikipedia

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   Henry changed the way that the knitting machines worked so that they were easier to use and made better products. Henry Griswold improved latch-needle knitting by moving the needles individually and directly by bending their shanks. He did this in 1878 with his hand-operated, revolving cam-box, small-diameter sock machine. [5]

7. Twined knitting - Wikipedia

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   A rule of thumb is to use knitting needles that are 0.5 mm smaller in diameter than the recommended needle size of the yarn. Metal knitting needles are preferred. Traditionally, twine knitting is performed in the round with five double-pointed needles. [19] Casting on is performed with the two strands of yarn and one additional strand of yarn.