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  Knitting needle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The needle is used to reach through a knitting stitch in order to snag a bight of yarn and pull a length back through the stitch to form a new loop at the top of the current wale of stitches.
Shorter needles are used for knitting socks and the fingers of gloves.
Knitting needles were, for a short while, banned from US and international commercial flights, being perceived by some as potential weapons after the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center and The Pentagon.
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 Knitting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hand knitted fabrics are usually begun by forming a base series of twisted loops of yarn on a knitting needle ("cast on").
Knitting became a household occupation with the growing popularity of knitted stockings and by the end of the 1600s, one to two million pairs of stockings were exported from Britain to other parts of Europe.
The canonical default texture for a knit garment is that generated by the flat stockinette stitch—as seen, though very small, in machine-made stockings and t-shirts—which is worked in the round as nothing but knit stitches, and worked flat as alternating rows of knit and purl.
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 Knitting Instruction - How to do KNITTING STITCHES
Knitting consists of a series of loops or stitches interlocking and forms an elastic fabric.
Two knitting needles are required for flat work, and three or more for circular work, unless a circular knitting needle is used.
To increase a stitch, knit one stitch in regular way but without slipping the stitch off the left needle, then knit another stitch through the back of same stitch and slip stitch off left hand needle.
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 Knitting Techniques by Mary Ellen Meisters
That is, knit the knit stitches, and slip the purl stitches as if to purl with yarn in front, for an even number of rows.
Thread the yarn into a blunt pointed darning needle (DN) and proceed as follows: If the first stitch is a knit, put the DN through the stitch as if to purl, and leave it on the knitting needle.
(Knit the knits and, with yarn in front, slip the purls.) In the next row, knit the stitches you slipped in the previous row and slip, with yarn in front, the stitches you knitted.
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 Knitting needle types
Straight needles are the most simple, and probably the ones your grandmother used, they're just a stick with a tapered end and another end with some sort of stop, often a simple knob.
Circular needles are used to make largeish objects in the round, depending on total needle length, which can be as small as 11" and as large as 47".
They're meant to be used circularly, you use one needle as a spare (ie you'd have your knitting divided into 4 for a 5-needle set) and knit from one of the needles in the circle onto it, then use it as spare to knit with the next one in the sequence.
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 eBay Guides - Knitting Needle Materials Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Aluminum needles have a lot more slip than acrylic or wood, and for the inexperienced, this can mean lots of lost stitches.
There certainly are other types of needles, such as resin and glass, but this article is intended to cover the most commonly used types.
On a straight needle, your project size is limited to the length of the individual needle.
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 Knitting Machines
When hand knitting with 2 needles, each stitch is formed and the finished stitch is passed onto the needle on the right so that the next stitch is ready to be knitted.
When looking at knitting machines, it is very helpful to know the type of garments you would like to make; whether you are looking for a method to use the yarn you already own; or are you interested in knitting finer yarns that would be impractical to knit by hand.
Knitting machines can produce knitted fabric which has been shaped to the desired dimensions, like a sleeve, or it can make knitted yardage that can be cut and sewn with traditional sewing patterns and techniques.
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 How to knit with one circular
After the stitches are cast on hold the full needle (with all the cast-on sts on it) in your left hand and put the empty needle in your right hand.
When you knit stockinette in the round you are knitting every round, you never purl to achieve stockinette in the round.
If you're knitting inside-out it's easy to fix: push the fabric through the circle formed by the needles so the knit stitches are on the outside.
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 Decorating Your Knitting with Needle Felting
Felting needles are small, razor sharp needles with barbs up and down the length of the shaft.
The needles used in this demonstration are 36 and 40 gauge needles.
These hold a number of felting needles at once and are used in the same manner as a single needle.
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 Crafts Knitting Stitching Needle work making at home
Knit Stitch (k st) is made by putting the needle through the back of the stitch from right to left.
Insert the left needle through the front of the first stitch on the right needle and slip it over the second stitch, bringing the right needle and second stitch through the first stitch.
Knit again in the same stitch by inserting the needle into the back of the stitch.
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 Knitting Needle Types : Knitting   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Knitting at Bloglander talks about everything related to knitting including yarn, patterns, and DIY knitting projects.
Aluminum needles are lightweight and slippery, which is easier for sliding in and out of loops with.
Aluminum needles are also very cold to hold and loud to knit with.
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 KnittingHelp.com :: Free online Knitting Videos! :: How to Cast-On -- Double, Long-tail, Continental, Cable, ...
After the cast-on, you can work the knit stitch or the purl stitch, which are the foundation stiches of knitting.
Easy to knit from, easy to pick up stitches from, this is also the fastest cast-on I know, once you get the hang of it.
Knit into the slip knot, leaving the stitch on the left needle.
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 Knitting Needle Size Portal | Knitting Needle Size Directory
Two methods for estimating the size needle needed to obtain the choose a knitting needle that approximates the diameter of the yarn to.
As with hand knitting, needle size is correlated to the size of the knitted stitch knitting machine can only have one needle size because of the gauge.
While industry challenges appear to be mounting, Fitch noted that the majority of the management teams appear to be 'sticking to their knitting,' and remain focused on the various threats to and opportunities for their core businesses, avoiding over reaching strategies that provide unrealistic growth to equity investors.
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 Tapestry Knitting Bags,Totes,Knitting Needle Cases,Knitting Gifts,Corduroy & Ribbon Handbags & Belts
The fitted straight needle case also doubles as an artist brush case or holder and can also be used for storage of pencils for the professional color pencil artist.
The hand made knitting bags and knitting totes come with a variety of closures, including zippers and magnetic snaps or no closure at all.
Our needle cases are great holders and cases for knitting needles, crochet hooks, needlepoint needles, sewing needles and needles of any kind and are also great for knitting notions.
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 Midrange Straight Knitting Needle Rolls/Cases
Eighteen total needle pockets of varying widths - some of the shorter pockets are wider for dpns and such.
Nineteen total needle pockets of varying widths - some of the shorter pockets are wider for dpns and more narrow for crochet hooks.
Twenty total needle pockets of varying widths - some of the shorter pockets are wider for dpns and more narrow for crochet hooks.
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 Knitting bags,knitting totes,knitting needle cases & knitting gifts by Bettz Designs
We have knitting bags and totes in all sizes, from small project knitting bags and totes to large project or multi-project knitting bags and totes.
Our fitted straigth needle case also can be used as an artist brush case or holder and for storage of pencils.
We sell our knitting bags, knitting totes, knitting needle cases wholesale to stores and retail on the web (go to our store for ordering retail).
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 Knitting at Knoon Designs - Working With Double-Point Needles, Part I   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Divide these stitches between three needles by slipping 1/3 of the stitches (beginning with the first stitch you cast on) onto each of the other two needles.
Making sure the stitches are not twisted on or between the needles, form a triangle with the three needles, with the opening at the top.
Now you are ready to begin knitting with the fourth needle, which is demonstrated in the Part II video.
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 KnittingHelp.com :: Free online Knitting Videos! :: Advanced Knitting techniques -- Intarsia, Fair Isle, Circular ...
Addi Turbo needles are reported to be great, and KnitPick's new Options needles (interchangeable type) are said to be even better, with the best cables out there for this purpose.
You can't do standard intarsia knitting (a method of knitting with multiple colors) in the round, it requires adaptation to work it in the round.
You knit a flat stockinette sample using all the knit stitch by doing this: knit a row; slide the work to the other end of the cable needle or DPN; leaving a long strand of yarn in back.
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 Circular Knitting Needle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Circular knitting needles are used for pieces that need to be worked in the round.
They are used in a manner similar to straight needles but are more versatile in that they can create seamless garments like raglan sleeve sweaters and skirts.
Circular needles vary in length and the longest ones available are excellent for creating large one piece items like afghans and blankets because they are able to hold many more stitches that a regular straight needle.
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 eBay Guides - Knitting Cast On Techniques   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Begin to knit the slip knot like a normal stitch, but instead of pulling the yarn off the left needle, put the knitted stitch from the right needle onto the left needle.
Insert your right needle between the last two stitches on the left needle and knit a stitch, adding it to the left needle.
The difference between this method and the cast-on knitted-on method is the appearance of the finished stitches.
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 Bamboo Knitting Needle Update, Results And Portal
She writes Knitting can be seen as the very process of slowing down and coming home to ourselves the very thing we have been yearning for in this stressful world Three Rivers Press..
Catherine Hinard in Knitting as Spiritual Practice emphasizes that it is the act, not the result, which she loves.
Knitting for Two presents 20 easy to complete designs for expectant mothers and their soon to be born babies.
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 Circular Knitting Needle -- You can see where some people hang on to the straight needles and do everything flat.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
And obviously a circular needle would be better for a larger piece, you work continuously having to switch needles.
Circular needles are used to make largeish objects in the round, depending on total needle which can be as small as 11 and as large as 47.
Hold the needle so that the working yarn (that goes to the ball) is attached to the point in your right hand.
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 knitting needle case pattern   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
then sew a piece of ribbon or other material about 1/3 of the way up this new flap for long needles, secure it every 3" or so.
(this will reinforce the pockets for the needles) then sew long pockets along the shirt from top to bottom, starting at the reinforced section and going thru front and back of the shirt.
put your needles in, fold the flap down and press it lightly with an iron to make a crease.
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 Yarn Harlot
Normally I wouldn't switch needles mid-sweater, in case the different needle gave me different tension, but I was knitting the gansey on an Addi Turbo (love those needles) and the Options needles seemed similar enough.
Further to this budget talk, I am planning to tear the new Knit Picks catalogue into tiny little shreds the moment it arrives and eat them all one by one until every dastardly shred of temptation is removed from my house.
I was surprised that the knitting fates could resist the urge to point out my failure to plan.
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 eBay — knitting needle, sewing case and floral case items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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We carry nursery decor, adorable armchairs for children, knitting needle cases and totes for the savvy crafter...
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 Knitting needle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
There are lots of bamboo knitting needles on the market, but these are fantastic knitting needle..
Hand-knitting needles are of bone, wood, steel, ivory, or celluloid.
A second knitting needle is then used to reach through each loop (or stitch) in.
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