Knitting History/Techniques
This style of knitting (when worked by right-handed knitters) threads the yarn in the left hand while the right hand holds the working needle
What is Continental?
What is Stockinette?
The full name of this weight of yarn refers to it's being double the thickness of fingering weight yarn.
What is Double Knitting (DK) yarn?
This knitting term is abbreviated as CO.
What is Cast On?
This knitter famously wore hand knit hot pants to the New York Sheep and Wool festival in Rhinebeck, NY.
Who is Stephen West?
Intricate lace patterns and stitches called "nupps" are used in the traditional knitting from this this country
What is Estonia?
While Seed stitch involves one row of knit 1, purl 1 followed by one row of purl 1, knit 1 (when viewing from the RS) this stitch uses two rows of knit 1, purl 1 before two rows of purl 1, knit 1.
What is Moss Stitch?
Many socks are knit with yarn made from wool or other animal fibres. This fiber is often added to the yarn to increase strength and add durability to the sock?
What is Nylon?
What is Place Marker?
This knitter famously said "I am boss of my knitting," and was known for "unventing" techniques and stitches.
Who is Elizabeth Zimmerman?
This home based knitting project ran from 1939-69 in Sweden and is known for color stranded yokes that incorporate purls and detailed color shifts
This stitch pattern results from knitting into the back of stitch followed by a purl
Twisted Rib
The fleece from this breed of sheep, which originated in Spain, typically produces a very fine, soft wool yarn.
What is Merino?
This knitting term is abbreviated as "wyib"
What is With Yarn In Back?
This knitter became famous for sweaters he designed to display intarsia landscapes of places he vacationed.
Who is Sam Barksy?
This technique tensions the yarn through either a pin or around the neck
What is Portuguese Knitting?
This stitch pattern results from knitting all stitches on both the RS and WS rows.
What is Garter Stitch?
What is Z-twist yarn?
This famous knitter has taught classes on topics such as making holes in your fabric and double knitting.
Who is Lucy Neatby?
This knitting tradition features heavily textured knitting patterns which are named after a group of islands located off the west coast of Ireland.
What is Aran Knitting?
This basic stitch results from placing 1 or more stitches onto a reserve needle while other stitches are worked before knitting the stitches on the reserve needle.
What is a Cable stitch?
this fine undercoat of the muskox is translated as “down” or “underwool” in the Inuit language.
What is Qiviut
This k-uls technique results in a "quilted" look to the fabric.
What is "Knit under loose strand"
This knitter and author is passionate about wool so much that they wrote a book about it. They are also passionate about soft-serve ice cream.
Who is Clara Parkes?
(extra point if you spelled her name right!)