See also:

• KNITTING (from O.E. cnyttan, to knit; cf. Ger. Knutten; the root is seen in " knot ")

KNITTING (from O.E. cnyttan, to knit; cf. Ger. Knutten; the See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root is seen in " See also:

• KNOT
• KNOT (O.E. cnotta, from a Teutonic stem knutt; cf. " knit," and Ger. knoten)

knot ")  , the See also:

• ART

art of forming a single See also:

• THREAD (0. Eng. praed, literally, that which is twisted, prawan, to twist, to throw, cf. " throwster," a silk-winder, Ger. drehen, to twist, turn, Du. draad, Ger. Draht, thread, wire)

thread or strand of See also:

• YARN

yarn into a texture or fabric of a See also:

• LOOP

loop structure, by employing needles or wires . " Crochet " See also:

• WORK

work is an analogous art in its simplest See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form . It consists of forming a single thread into a single See also:

• CHAIN (through the O. Fr. citable, chcene, &c., from Lat. catena)

chain of loops . All warp knit fabrics are built on this structure . See also:

• KNITTING (from O.E. cnyttan, to knit; cf. Ger. Knutten; the root is seen in " knot ")

Knitting may be said to be divided into two principles, viz . (1) See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand knitting and (2) See also:

• FRAME

frame-work knitting(see See also:

• HOSIERY

HOSIERY) . In hand knitting, the wires, pins or needles used are of different lengths or gauges, according to the class of work wanted to be produced . They are made of See also:

• STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel, See also:

• BONE (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages, in many of which it is confined to the shank of the leg, as in the German Bein)
• BONE, HENRY (1755-1834)

bone, See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood or See also:

• IVORY (Fr. ivoire, Lat. ebur)
• IVORY, SIR JAMES (1765-1842)

ivory . Some are headed to prevent the loops from slipping over the ends . See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

Flat or selvedged work can only be produced on them . Others are pointed at both ends, and by employing three or more a circular or circular-shaped fabric can be made . In hand knitting each loop is formed and thrown off individually and in rotation and is See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• HANGING

hanging on the new loop formed .

The See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton, See also:

• WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool and See also:

• SILK

silk See also:

• FIBRES
• FIBRES (or FIBERS, in American spelling; from Lat. fibra, apparently connected either with filum, thread, or findere, to split)

fibres are the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal materials from which knitting yarns are manufactured, wool being the most important and most largely used . " See also:

• LAMB (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Lamm)
• LAMB, CHARLES (1775–1834)

Lamb's-wool," " See also:

• WHEELING

wheeling," " fingering " and worsted yarns are all produced from the wool fibre, but may differ in See also:

• SIZE

size or fineness and quality . Those yarns are largely used in the See also:

• PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production of knitted underwear . Hand knitting is to-See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day principally practised as a domestic art, but in some of the remote parts of See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland and See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland it is prosecuted as an See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry to some extent . In the See also:

• SHETLAND, or ZETLAND

Shetland Islands the wool of the native See also:

• SHEEP
• SHEEP (from the Anglo-Saxon sceap, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages; e.g. the German Schaf)

sheep is spun, and used in its natural See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour, being manufactured into shawls, scarfs, ladies' jackets, &c . The principal See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade of other districts is See also:

• HOSE (a word common to many Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch, hoes, stocking, Ger. Hose, breeches, tights; the ultimate origin is unknown)

hose and See also:

• HALF

half-hose, made from the wool of the sheep native to the See also:

• DISTRICT

district . The formation of the stitches in knitting may be varied in a See also:

• GREAT

great many ways, by " purling " (knitting or throwing loops to back and front in See also:

• RIB (from 0. Eng. ribb; the word appears' in many Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Rippe, Swed. reb)

rib form), " slipping " loops, taking up and casting off and working in various coloured yarns to form stripes, patterns, &c . The articles may be shaped according to the manner in which the wires and yarns are manipulated .