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Basic terms all knitters need to know including knit, purl, cast on, bind off appear in every knitting pattern. These terms are essential for reading and understanding knitting patterns.

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Arm knitting is a method of creating a very loose knit fabric using thick yarn. The knitter's arms serve as the needles as the hands manipulate the working yarn, serving as the points of the needles.

Domain: Hobbies; Category: Knitting

Ravelry is a social network for knitters and crocheters, enabling them to network and to share patterns and projects with one another.

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English knitting is done with the yarn held in the dominant hand. The dominant hand begins a new stitch and throws the yarn over the needle. English knitting tends to be slower than continental ...

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