Knitting as a section of Needlecrafts. Textile crafts made through stitching or looping yarn and thread. Fashion identities remain in Clothing; collectible objects remain in Collectibles.
Test your knowledge with these top questions!
What method uses one long circular needle to knit socks or sleeves?
Pulling the extra cable out into loops lets a narrow tube slide around a needle far longer than its width.
What smooth fabric results from knitting every round on circular needles?
Flat knitters must purl every other row to make the same smooth fabric circular knitters get by knitting each round.
How do knitters make stockinette stitch when knitting in the round?
Working in a spiral keeps the smooth side facing out, so no purl rounds are needed.
How do Fair Isle knitters carry the unused yarn color across a row?
The carried strands form floats that make Fair Isle fabric extra warm and slightly less stretchy.
In cable knitting patterns, what does the instruction "C4F" ask knitters to do?
Holding the stitches in front makes the twist slant left, while holding them in back slants it right.
Why do stockinette stitch scarves often need a border added?
Uneven tension between the smooth front and bumpy back pulls the fabric edges into a roll.
How many yarn colors appear in one row of traditional Fair Isle knitting?
Sticking to two colors per row keeps the floats short and the patterned fabric smooth and elastic.
How do knitters make stockinette stitch when knitting flat rows?
Knitting every flat row instead makes garter stitch, which looks bumpy on both faces.
In cable knitting, which short tool holds stitches aside while other stitches are worked?
Cable needles are short with a bend or groove so held stitches do not slide off while knitters work the next stitches.
Which place gives Fair Isle knitting its name?
Fair Isle is a tiny inhabited island in Shetland, Scotland, where knitters developed the colorful stranded style.