Crocheting and Knitting

The history of spinning contains many improvements. You are probably referring to the spinning wheel and its advantage over a simple distaff.

You can knit loads of things! Scarves, mittens, socks, jumpers, blankets, or just anything you can think of. You can also knit with different colours, different stitches and styles and with different decorations. Knitting is fun as well as relaxing, and is useful too because you can make things for yourself, and be proud to say that you made them.

Another name for a hank of yarn would be a skein of yarn.

If it's a bulky yarn then you should use hook size H and up. If it's thinner then stick to the smaller size hooks. If your hook is too small then the yarn will not fit on the hook and it may snag on the hook as your working.

Hi, I wondered whether you can help me, I have had a Kitchen Granny Pattern, and have made quite a few of them, now I have been asked by a couple of people if I could make them one.Unfortunately, when I went to Watford to get the accessory's i.e:- Granny's head hands porcelain tea set plus the little packets & tins that go into her pockets they no longer do it. I would be grateful if you can let me know if they are still available, I still have the pattern but of course it will be no good without the other accessorys. Perhaps you can let me know if there is a suppleir in U.K. or I can purchase them from you. Await your response- e-mail maureenian@sky.comRegards Maureen

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The simple answer is yes, how well depends on a lot of factors, for example wool felt will stick to wool felt better than to acrylic "craft felt" will to acrylic, because it has more of a loop quality, (think of the loops on Velcro)

You want to try and match the felt types you want to stick together for best results. For example I wouldn't try acrylic with wool, I would use acrylic with acrylic and so on... Also very large or heavy felt pieces won't stick as well as thin, light ones. I

f you are making a piece you are putting a lot of effort into or you want to hold up well to wear and tear I would recommend wool felt if that's too costly I would use a wool blend felt. Hope this helps.

Andie, American Felt and Craft

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Traditionally, a nostapinne was used to wind yarn into balls, and many still use it today. However, the most common tools used today are a ball winder and swift which are used to wind hanks into balls or cakes.

It is a form of knitting using broomsticks as needles. In modern times the broomsticks are replaced by oversized knitting needles. The method is most common in making afghans and lace where large loopy stitches are desired.

Although the tool used does resemble a knitting needle, I classify broomstick lace in crochet. However, I think it is really a blend of the two. You begin by making a row of chain stitches, but the loops are kept on the hook like in knitting, but then are worked off with a crochet hook. You can find videos demonstrating the method at YouTube and also web sites with instructions that show pictures.

I like to use the #50 needle, but broomstick lace can be worked with smaller needles as well.

slip 1 - insert needle into stitch as normal then just pull it off the left needle onto the right without knitting or purling it

double knitting wool is lighter in weight then aran so the gauge will be wrong . the answer is No.. BUT there are aran knitting patterns made for dk or double knitting yarns ( sirdar makes some) just buy an aran pattern designed specifically for dk yarn

Hdc is the abreviation for half double crochet. When you double crochet you wrap wool around the hook before you push the hook through the stitch to pull up a loop. After you pull up the loop you have three loops on your hook. Usually you will then pull a loop through two of the loops and pull a second loop through the remaining two loops. With the half double crochet you will pull one loop through all three loops.

It means "through back leg." When you look at a stitch on a knitting needle, imagine it is a cowboy sitting on a horse and the tip of the needle is the horse's nose. One leg is closer to you, and one is further away. For most knitters (in the U.S. and western Europe), it is the cowboy's right, or front leg that is leading, and the leg on the other side of the needle (back leg) is closer to the horse's tail than the front leg. It is important to notice whether your cowboy is sitting this way because it will effect the result of the tbl maneuver if he isn't. Usually (in the U.S. and western Europe) you insert the needle into the front leg when knitting. This produces a normal stitch. If you insert the needle through the back loop, it will produce a twisted stitch. This is sometimes used for decoration, or for tightening an area that tends to be loose. Hold the needles nose-to-nose and insert the right needle into the stitch that way. That will put you through the back leg and produce the twisted stitch.

Bernat Satin is medium (or worsted) weight. It can also be classified as a 4 on a scale of 0 to 6, 0 being lace weight and 6 being super bulky weight. Hope that helps. :-)

You would need to specify the hook size, yarn name and thickness.

It depends on the context! First of all, it depends on whether "stitch" is a noun or a verb.

If it's a noun:

- "un point" if you're talking about sewing fabrics;

- "une maille" if you're talking about knitting;

- "un point de suture" if the context is medical (stitches following surgery, etc.);

- "un point de côté" if you're talking about a sharp pain in your side (e.g. after running too much).

If it's a verb:

- "coudre" if you're talking about sewing fabrics;

- "suturer" if you're talking about sewing up a wound.

you are out of luck.. berella does not make that shade anymore. you can check their site www.bernat.com

i would try eBay. I've been able to pick up discontinued yarns there. i also believe you can put up a query there to see if anyone has it..

The oldest "modern" knitting (formed on two sticks by pulling loops through loops) is 'Coptic socks' from Egypt, dating to around 1000 AC.

Usually one has a "tail" of yarn from the cast-on stitches when you start. It helps to note the beginning at the cast-on process, and put a slip marker there to mark the beginning of the row. The "tail" is a great way to remember where you started, so when you begin a piece, take the time to put your marker on your needles. If you have "lost" your way, very carefully look at your piece near that tail. You should see where the stitches are slightly "off"...that's where your "start" of the row is. Happy knitting!! When both knitting and crocheting in the round, I would mark the beginning of my row with a stitch marker. This can be either a small scrap of yarn in a different color than your working in or a stitch marker that you purchase in the store. Depending upon the pattern I might move the marker to the first stitch of the most recently completed row - or - I might leave the original marker in place and simply add new markers as I add rows.

I am assuming you mean on board a plane. Some airlines allow wooden or plastic crochet hooks, not metal, while others do not allow them at all. I would call the specific airline you plan to use and ask for their policy.

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That is a long stitch. Just count 4 rows down and insert your hook in the stitch in line with the stitch on your present row but on the row 4 rows down. You will have to work very loosely and pull up your golden loop so that your stitches on the present row remain even and your work doesn't pull in.

There are at least two ways to interpret this question. Taken literally, you're talking about whether to insert the needle into the stitch knit-wise (from front to back) vs purl-wise (from back to front).

Whether to knit into the front or back of a stitch is not related to what stitches occurred in the row below, but to what stitches you want to create in the current row. If you wish to make a knit stitch, insert the needle from front to back into the stitch to be worked. If you wish to make a purl stitch, insert the needle from the back to the front. You are allowed to put purl stitches on top of knit stitches and vice versa. It all depends on what pattern or effect you are looking for. For example, many garments begin with a couple of inches of ribbing, such as 1 x 1 ribbing which is done by alternately knitting a stitch, then purling the next stitch. On following rows you simple knit those stitches that were previously knit and purl those stitches that were previously purled. But at the end of the ribbed cuff, hem, or neck, you will need to switch from ribbing to stockinette or some other pattern stitch. Switching to stockinette would mean knitting all the stitches all the way across, even if some of them had been purled in a previous row. ----- The other way to interpret the question is whether you knit into the leg of the stitch that sits in front of or behind the needle, rather than whether you insert the needle from the front of the work or the back of the work.

When you wrap the yarn around the needle, you might wrap it counter-clockwise if you are a western knitter (Western Europe and the U.S.), or clock-wise if you are an eastern knitter (Asia). Some knitters wrap CCW on the knits and CW on the purls (called "combination" knitting) because this is the most ergonomic technique.

How you wrap the stitch determines how the stitch is placed on the needle. For most American/European knitters the stitch is placed so that the "leading leg" or the branch of the stitch closer to the tip of the needle, is in front of the needle, and the trailing leg is behind the needle. If you knit into the front (leading) leg, you will get a flat stitch. But if you knit into the back (trailing) leg, you will get a twisted stitch.

It can be tempting to simply say "always knit into the front of the stitch," but as you can see that would only be true for half of the world's knitters. It is more accurate to say "knit into the leading leg for a flat stitch or the trailing leg for a twisted stitch." This is always true, regardless of whether the stitch being knit is a purl stitch or a knit stitch and regardless of the knitter's style of knitting.

Each row is treated as a whole new beginning. The stitch would be made the same way each time no matter where you make it, according to what the pattern says. Some advanced knitters do prefer to start and end every row with the same stitch, regardless of what the pattern says because it makes a kind of seam which makes stitching a garment together.

* There is no 'cast on' in crocheting. 'Cast on' is a knitting term. Crochet is generally started with a simple loop repeated to form a chain. * You don't cast on exactly because you have only one stitch at a time on the hook. In knitting it is called casting on because you are putting a whole row of stitches on a needle. Instead in crochet we make a "foundation chain." Determine the number of stitches you want in a row and make a chain of that many stitches. If you plan to do single crochet, add one additional chain to count as the first single crochet of the second row after you turn. For a row of half double crochet, make it two extra chains and for a double crochet, make it three extra chains.