Saturday, January 10, 2009

pillows to knit

Originally, circular knitting was done using a set of four or five double-pointed knitting needles. There are different knitting patterns, such as lace knitting, loop knitting, loom knitting, we will briefly discuss lace knitting, lace knitting is not that strange, anybody can do lace knitting, they are able to form threads and you can create beautiful patterns of cloths.

A good place to start particularly if you are relatively new to knitting to look for patterns is the yarn skein, which comes wrapped and nearly every one of these will have a pattern on it. A sequence of stitches in which each stitch suspended from the next is called a wale. Sock knitting machines are antiques and they are not made any more.

A piece of knitting begins with the process of casting on (also known as "binding on"), which involves the initial creation of the stitches on the needle. The opposing twist relieves some of the yarns' tendency to curl up and produces a thicker, balanced yarn. Other simple textures can be made with nothing but knit and purl stitches, including garter stitch, ribbing, and moss and seed stitches.

Knit it like you would knit any stitch. Brainstorm, and figure out which way of teaching would be best for you and your students!

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