Knitting
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A short encyclopedia article defining knitting as forming a single yarn into a looped fabric with needles or wires. It distinguishes hand knitting from frame-work knitting, and describes needle types and materials, the main yarn fibers, and stitch variations such as purling and slipping. It also notes hand knitting as a domestic art and as a cottage industry in parts of Scotland, Ireland and the Shetland Islands.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1911
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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