How knitting began
Knitters were first believed to have begun their craft in the first few centuries AD. Egyptian artifacts and art have led many historians to credit the creation of knitting as a way to design clothing to the Egyptians. Since the craft is quite simple, it caught on and spread to other cultures rather [...]
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This tea cozy will look great but it also has a useful function - it keeps your teapot and its contents nice and warm.
Instructions for knitting a two-color tea cozy.
Abbreviations:
St(s) = stitches
K = knit
P = purl
Inc = increase knit (or purl) twice into stitch
K2tog (or p2tog) = work next two sts together
You will need:
4mm knitting [...]
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An unusual novelty tea cosy and egg cosy featuring small stuffed chickens. These cosies would fit right into a country cottage kitchen with the free-range hens roaming around the top. Ideal for keeping the teapot and boiled eggs warm too, children really enjoy them. Taking less than an hour to make they do make a [...]
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The cheery Christmas robin is no stranger to cold bleak winters. He knows how to keep warm and he will keep the teapot warm too. The festive robin novelty Tea Cosy is quick and easy to make and adds Christmas cheer to the kitchen or breakfast table, he also makes for a very unusual gift.
To [...]
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Knitting is the art of turning threads into piece of cloth. Knitting is done by looping those threads, into each other by stitching. Knitting may be hand made or machine made. By hand there are many styles and ways. There are so many different fibers and needles that are used to make those different varieties [...]
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Knitting is one of the oldest crafts, but many women feel it to be a boring craft, not only this, they think that it is craft for grandmothers only, once you start with it you will generate more and more interest in it. Once you create interest in it, then you will be enthusiastic for [...]
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Knitting is no longer only for grandmothers or just any mothers. Now it’s a fun, creative hobby for anyone. Just get some basic information before you start knitting. All you need to start knitting are knitting needles, yarn and good patterns or instructions.
Let’s start with some basic patterns. Before you start with a pattern as [...]
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Learning to crochet is not very hard and a quick search on the internet can find you a lot of places that can help you learn. Once you know what to do the next thing to thing about is thepatterns that you would like to try. The problem with this is that it is very [...]
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Knitting Patterns - Gauge Counts
Even though you may want to jump right in there and start using a knitting pattern it is a good idea to make a gauge swatch. Do not skip this step, you will be sorry and it is not worth it. Half a stitch in one inch can end up making [...]
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If you are curious to learn the art of knitting then you must start with easy knitting patterns. As a beginner you may find a few knitting designs complicated; so it is advisable that you follow uncomplicated knitting patterns to knit your fabric or garment. This article will give you some tips to begin knitting [...]
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