Thursday, April 9, 2009

travel knits

Knitting threads or yarns are used to create cloths or warm cloths. Knitting is the oldest craft among all the crafts.

Have you ever looked at something knitted? In weft knitting, the entire fabric may be produced from a single yarn, by adding stitches to each wale in turn, moving across the fabric as in a raster scan. Individual stitches, or rows of stitches, may be made taller by drawing more yarn into the new loop (an elongated stitch), which is the basis for uneven knitting: a row of tall stitches may alternate with one or more rows of short stitches for an interesting visual effect.

A great variety of synthetic dyes have been developed since the synthesis of indigo dye in the mid-19th century; however, natural dyes are often favored, although they are generally less brilliant. The spun fibers are generally divided into animal fibers, plant and synthetic fibers. In general, yarns become stronger with more twist (also called worst), longer fibers and thicker yarns (more fibers); for example, thinner yarns require more twist than do thicker yarns to resist breaking under tension.

Knit it like you would knit any stitch. It will just some time at the beginning, but you will learn and get experience.

knit patterns - knitting for fun

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