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2. Afghan (blanket) - Wikipedia

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   Knitting or crocheting. Production process. Handicraft. Place of origin. Afghanistan. An afghan is a blanket or shawl, usually knitted or crocheted. [1] It is sometimes also called a "throw" of indeterminate size. Afghans are often used as bedspreads, or as a decoration on the back of couches or chairs. [2]

3. Hand knitting - Wikipedia

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   Yarn companies offer free knitting patterns for these caps. The US-based charity Sheep Dreamzzz trains women in Nicaragua to knit baby blankets. They receive all of the profits. Nicaragua is the poorest country in Central America. The blankets are all hand-knitted and the women work inside a home.

4. Cowichan knitting - Wikipedia

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   Cowichan knitting is an acculturated art form, a combination of European textile techniques and Salish spinning and weaving methods. From this union, new tools, techniques and designs developed over the years. Cowichan sweaters are also called Siwash sweaters, [1] Indian sweaters, curling sweaters or sometimes Mary Maxim sweaters.

5. Crochet - Wikipedia

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   A person working in slip stitch crochet can follow a knitted pattern with knits, purls, and cables, and get a similar result. It is a common perception that crochet produces a thicker fabric than knitting, tends to have less "give" than knitted fabric, and uses approximately a third more yarn for a comparable project than knitted items.

6. History of knitting - Wikipedia

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   History of knitting. Madonna Knitting, by Bertram of Minden 1400-1410. 1855 sketch of a shepherd knitting, while watching his flock. The Knitting Woman by William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1869. 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 ...

7. List of knitting stitches - Wikipedia

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   Yarn over (yo) Dip stitch which can be either. A raised increase, knitting into row below (k-b, k 1 b) A lifted increase, knitting into the yarn between the stitches (inc, m1) Knit front and back (kfb) Purl front and back (, pass slipped stitch over (S1, K1, PSSO) for a left-leaning decrease. Knit two together through the back loops (K2tog tbl ...