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She revolutionized the modern practice of knitting through her books and instructional series on American public television. [ 1 ] Though knitting back and forth on rigid straight needles was the norm, she advocated knitting in the round using flexible circular needles to produce seamless garments and to make it easier to knit intricate patterns.
Vogue Knitting Magazine (2012) Vogue Knitting Stitchionary Volume 1: Knit and Purl, Sixth&Spring Books. ISBN 978-1936096237 Walker, Barbara G (1998) A Treasury of Knitting Patterns , Schoolhouse Press.
Knitting pattern collections are sold in books [6] and magazines, [7] but web sites such as Ravelry allow sale of individual knitting patterns. The earliest known pattern book containing a knitting pattern was published in 1524. [8] The earliest published English knitting pattern appeared in Natura Exenterata: or Nature Unbowelled, which was ...
Create the first knit stitch on your right needle: Insert the needle from left to right into the first stitch. Wrap yarn over from left to right. Pull the yarn through to create a loop on your ...
Barbara G. Walker (born July 2, 1930, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American author and feminist.She is a knitting expert and the author of over ten encyclopedic knitting references, despite "not taking to it at all" when she first learned in college.
She considers herself a "hedonist with knitting," finding ways to make knitting enjoyable. [2] Her patterns have been reproduced in books and magazines and she has given workshops across the United States about knitting techniques and philosophy. [6] [7]
Individual stitches, or rows of stitches, may be made taller by drawing more yarn into the new loop (an elongated stitch), which is the basis for uneven knitting: a row of tall stitches may alternate with one or more rows of short stitches for an interesting visual effect. Short and tall stitches may also alternate within a row, forming a fish ...
More resilient yarns are more forgiving of irregularities in tension; highly twisted yarns are sometimes difficult to knit, whereas untwisting yarns can lead to split stitches, in which not all the yarn is knitted into a stitch. A key factor in knitting is stitch definition, corresponding to how well complicated stitch patterns can be seen when ...