Wednesday, April 8, 2009

knit a jacket and pattern

Learning how to knit is easy today with so many online resources. Knitting is no longer only for grandmothers or just any mothers.

This pattern looks very nice especially for sweaters. It is important to know the size of your knitting needles because their size is related to the size of your stitches and, implicitly, to the appearance of the finished work. Of these types, wool is generally favored for knitting, chiefly owing to its superior elasticity, warmth and (sometimes) felting; however, wool is generally less convenient to clean and some people are allergic to it.

Slip-stitch knitting plays an important role in mosaic knitting, an important technique in hand-knitting patterned fabrics; mosaic-knit fabrics tend to be stiffer than patterned fabrics produced by other methods such as Fair-Isle knitting. Hem top should be knitted by taking a stitch from the first row, and should be hanged on the needle. Since a typical piece of knitted fabric may have hundreds of wales, warp knitting is typically done by machine, whereas weft knitting is done by both hand and machine.

Brainstorm, and figure out which way of teaching would be best for you and your students! It doesn't all happen at once.

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