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Originally a male-only occupation, the first knitting trade guild was started in Paris in 1527. Knitting became a household occupation with the growing popularity of knitted stockings and by the end of the 1600s, one to two million pairs of stockings were exported from Britain to other parts of Europe.
The two basic stitches are knit (or "plain") and purl (or "wrong"). These two nominal stitches are actually identical, however, being the obverse and reverse of the same stitch. A knit stitch is formed by inserting the needle in the back of the loop and pulling a loop of yarn through to form a new loop, while a purl stitch is formed by inserting the needle in the front of the loop and pushing a loop of yarn through to form a new loop.
If only knits or only purls are used when working back and forth in rows, the result is called garter stitch. Alternating rows of knits and purls result in stockinette or jersey stitch, the stitch most often used in commercial garments such as T-shirts. Different combinations of stitches can be used to form ribbing, cables, or other textures. Complex patterns can be formed by knitting with multiple colours in either intarsia or Fair Isle technique s.
There are many regional styles of knitted garments with long histories, such as guernsey sweater s, jerseys, aran sweaterThe Aran Sweater, which takes its name from the Aran Islands, was popular in the fishing villages on and islands off the West Coast of Ireland. Most of the people in these towns made their living from farming and fishing with the harsh climate creating as, and Fair Isle patterning.
These are discussed in the history of knittingWilliam-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1869 Early origins of knitting An exact geographical origin for knitting cannot be specified. The craft is believed to have been developed B. but this is disputed today. The oldest remnants of seemingly knitted pieces are those.
Types of knitting needles include double-point, straight, and circular.
See also crochet, weaving, Spinning (textiles)Spinning is the process of creating yarn (or thread, rope, cable) from various raw fiber materials. Several fibers are twisted together to bind them into a strong, long yarn. Characteristics of the yarn vary based on the material used, fiber length and al.
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