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To prevent discrimination, I vote for putting pictures with knitting men. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.176.194.10 ( talk) 09:33, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
Knitting with roving is common amongst peoples that do not have spinning equipment. I have seen it done in Andean knits as well as having done it myself. Knitting with locks is the oldest form of knitting. It requires neither combs nor spinning. It requires only needles and the fingers to lay successive locks in place. But niether of these forms of knitting is mentiontioned in the literature, so it would not be permitted here. As the oldest form of knitting, knitting with locks should be mentioned. My Flatley ( talk) 04:27, 12 September 2009 (UTC)
This is a good article about hand knitting, but is missing information about semi-industrial and industrial knitting machines.
Achury
I know a thing or two about knitting, so I thought I'd give this article a review:
I have put the article On hold in hope that you will have time to fix the above.
Fluffball70 20:46, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
It's been 7 days and I see no progress. As the GA Nominee list is long, it's probably best if I fail the article and let you re-submit it when it is ready. Sorry!! Fluffball70 23:19, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
I just had to mention that knitting is not necessarily thousands of years old. The earliest example of knitting is from c. 1100 CE. Any earlier examples of fabric that look like knitting is often "nalbinding", a technique using a needle and short lengths of thread. it looks very similar to knitting and so if often confused, even by experts. For citation purposes, I used The Cambridge History of Western Textiles and 5,000 Years of Textile History.
I was expecting to find here an encyclopedia of knit stitches. Is this a good idea? Is this page being actively edited? Newbohemianknitwear ( talk) 11:22, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
I'd like to added the following link to this page
The pages in this section give examples of knitting from the V&A's collections (many early examples), articles about knitting and various free patterns. VAwebteam 08:44, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
Note: I moved the message of User:Newbohemianknitwear from Talk:Knit stitch that the main page has been redirected here. Dekisugi ( talk) 15:34, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
The knit stitch is the basic building block of all hand knitting. This is the text I would like to add to this page.
The best way to learn the basic methods of knitting is to be shown by a more experienced knitter. If you do not have access to somebody to show you, the following instructions may be helpful.
Hold your knitting in your left hand, with the empty knitting needle in the right hand.
Slide your right hand needle into the first loop. Just the tip needs to go through.
Wrap your yarn around the tip of the right hand needle so that it rests between the two needles.
Using the right hand needle catch this yarn and pull it down, forming a new loop on your right hand needle.
Pull the old loop off the left hand needle. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Newbohemianknitwear ( talk • contribs)
I think that this article needs to be pretty majorly re-organized, with parts of it perhaps being moved into other or new articles.
As far as knitting is concerned, there are two branches that would interest two different demographics: machine knitting and hand knitting. The article knitting should deal with content that is common between the two; properties and appearance of knitted fabric as it pertains to the loops and things. Perhaps "Properties of knitted fabric" should be incorporated/merged into Knitting.
Then there should be two separate articles: an article that treats knitting as a craft (where all the stuff about needles and yarn and the cultural aspect of hand-knitting would go), and another article that deals with machine-knitting.
I think this approach would effectively get rid of whatever cruft there is in the article, eliminate the craft-knitter bias, and organize the content based on what the reader is looking to learn.
What does everyone think about this? And if so, what should be included in the main Knitting article and what should not? – DroEsperanto( talk| contribs) 17:57, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
According to every source I've ever read, Garter stitch is when one simply knits or purls. Stockinette alternates between purl and knit. This article has them reversed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.66.251.205 ( talk) 17:39, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
That's definetly right. Also, stockinette stitches are made on round needles whether one knits or purls, because the knitting is just going around and around. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.158.1.153 ( talk) 14:17, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
This sentence is very hard to read "A sequence of stitches in which each stitch suspended from the next is called a wale". Is it grammatically correct? It seems to be missing a word somewhere. - 67.160.246.224 ( talk) 05:05, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
The picture of the ribbing sample is not that clear. I can tell it is ribbed, but the variegated yarn obscures the ribbing.
The picture ought to be replaced with a a sample done on a single color yarn.
E.Zajdel (
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18:50, 21 November 2009 (UTC)
It seems obvious to me that, at least in the Anglosphere, knitting as a hobby is strongly associated with women and/or the elderly. Of course there is nothing about knitting per se that requires this, and no doubt many males and young people practice and enjoy knitting in reality. But the cultural perception, at least, is strong and it's very strange to me that the section of the article titled "History and Culture" doesn't at least mention this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.119.10.182 ( talk) 05:46, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
I do not see a citation for this sentence: "Hand-knitting has gone into and out of fashion many times in the last two centuries, and at the turn of the 21st century it is enjoying a revival." I think that sentence is superfluous. Huntgoddess ( talk) 22:44, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
There is a section heading "Courses and Wales" which defines a course but then makes no mention of a wale other than in a caption to a picture. The word is not included in the OED in connection with knitting, so I am wondering where the term originated. The OED does have the word as a term for a ridge in woven textiles and a horizontal band binding off in basketry. MidlandLinda ( talk) 22:08, 25 November 2010 (UTC)
A course is a horizontal row of stitches; a wale is a vertical row of stitches. Courses and wales are defined and discussed in Richard Rutt's History of Knitting.-- Storye book ( talk) 08:11, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
I think that we should have a knitting and chrochetting pattern avaliable... where various knitting patterns are avaliable. Jose Pablo S. Martinez ( talk) 20:14, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi. Could someone have a look at this orphaned article and try link to it or merge it or afd it? Gbawden ( talk) 06:45, 26 August 2014 (UTC)
There have been a lot of edits where large chunks of this article have been removed and put into hand knitting. I think that future large-scale edits should be discussed so that there are not further reverts. Kobuu ( talk) 15:41, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
Per other Wikipedia articles, knitting is a craft handcraft, an art fiber art, and part of the textile industry. This article is almost exclusively about knitting as a craft; the other aspects are not well covered. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.81.81.84 ( talk) 16:50, 8 June 2015 (UTC)
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Not sure how to go about fitting it in, but the Ravelry site would be a good resource to include for people who are looking for a community and free stitch/pattern guides. Medises ( talk) 14:01, 23 May 2020 (UTC) I've added Ravelry as an external link Noracrentiss ( talk) 05:36, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
Some of the information here is linked to "hobbyist" web sites and/or blogs. Some of the latter are on the sites of vendors or manufacturers. In general, on Wikipedia self-published texts cannot be used as sources for facts. This is particularly difficult for many crafts because they haven't had formal analysis that would appear in, say, academic publications. I don't have an answer for this, but would like to know if there are reliable sources that could be used here that could replace some of the informal sources that have been used here to support this Wikipedia page. Lamona ( talk) 19:55, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
I haven't had time to dig into this yet, but the University of Illinois has a publicly available library guide for research on Historic Knitting that might be a starting point for more scholarly sources. Here's the link: https://ischoolillinois.libguides.com/c.php?g=1093640&p=8006599 Erinldoyle ( talk) 22:34, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
Kyle Cassidy donated these https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Knitted_Sweater.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Double_Pointed_Needles_(2).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Knitting_with_Double_Pointed_Needles.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Circular_Knitting.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Knitted_Sweater.jpg
Not my topic, hope they help ;) Midgley ( talk) 21:13, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
I added a citation to the beginning of the page. It was a small edit, but I figured I would mention that I did so in this talk page anyway.-- NoFace23 ( talk) 09:01, 16 October 2023 (UTC)
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To prevent discrimination, I vote for putting pictures with knitting men. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.176.194.10 ( talk) 09:33, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
Knitting with roving is common amongst peoples that do not have spinning equipment. I have seen it done in Andean knits as well as having done it myself. Knitting with locks is the oldest form of knitting. It requires neither combs nor spinning. It requires only needles and the fingers to lay successive locks in place. But niether of these forms of knitting is mentiontioned in the literature, so it would not be permitted here. As the oldest form of knitting, knitting with locks should be mentioned. My Flatley ( talk) 04:27, 12 September 2009 (UTC)
This is a good article about hand knitting, but is missing information about semi-industrial and industrial knitting machines.
Achury
I know a thing or two about knitting, so I thought I'd give this article a review:
I have put the article On hold in hope that you will have time to fix the above.
Fluffball70 20:46, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
It's been 7 days and I see no progress. As the GA Nominee list is long, it's probably best if I fail the article and let you re-submit it when it is ready. Sorry!! Fluffball70 23:19, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
I just had to mention that knitting is not necessarily thousands of years old. The earliest example of knitting is from c. 1100 CE. Any earlier examples of fabric that look like knitting is often "nalbinding", a technique using a needle and short lengths of thread. it looks very similar to knitting and so if often confused, even by experts. For citation purposes, I used The Cambridge History of Western Textiles and 5,000 Years of Textile History.
I was expecting to find here an encyclopedia of knit stitches. Is this a good idea? Is this page being actively edited? Newbohemianknitwear ( talk) 11:22, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
I'd like to added the following link to this page
The pages in this section give examples of knitting from the V&A's collections (many early examples), articles about knitting and various free patterns. VAwebteam 08:44, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
Note: I moved the message of User:Newbohemianknitwear from Talk:Knit stitch that the main page has been redirected here. Dekisugi ( talk) 15:34, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
The knit stitch is the basic building block of all hand knitting. This is the text I would like to add to this page.
The best way to learn the basic methods of knitting is to be shown by a more experienced knitter. If you do not have access to somebody to show you, the following instructions may be helpful.
Hold your knitting in your left hand, with the empty knitting needle in the right hand.
Slide your right hand needle into the first loop. Just the tip needs to go through.
Wrap your yarn around the tip of the right hand needle so that it rests between the two needles.
Using the right hand needle catch this yarn and pull it down, forming a new loop on your right hand needle.
Pull the old loop off the left hand needle. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Newbohemianknitwear ( talk • contribs)
I think that this article needs to be pretty majorly re-organized, with parts of it perhaps being moved into other or new articles.
As far as knitting is concerned, there are two branches that would interest two different demographics: machine knitting and hand knitting. The article knitting should deal with content that is common between the two; properties and appearance of knitted fabric as it pertains to the loops and things. Perhaps "Properties of knitted fabric" should be incorporated/merged into Knitting.
Then there should be two separate articles: an article that treats knitting as a craft (where all the stuff about needles and yarn and the cultural aspect of hand-knitting would go), and another article that deals with machine-knitting.
I think this approach would effectively get rid of whatever cruft there is in the article, eliminate the craft-knitter bias, and organize the content based on what the reader is looking to learn.
What does everyone think about this? And if so, what should be included in the main Knitting article and what should not? – DroEsperanto( talk| contribs) 17:57, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
According to every source I've ever read, Garter stitch is when one simply knits or purls. Stockinette alternates between purl and knit. This article has them reversed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.66.251.205 ( talk) 17:39, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
That's definetly right. Also, stockinette stitches are made on round needles whether one knits or purls, because the knitting is just going around and around. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.158.1.153 ( talk) 14:17, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
This sentence is very hard to read "A sequence of stitches in which each stitch suspended from the next is called a wale". Is it grammatically correct? It seems to be missing a word somewhere. - 67.160.246.224 ( talk) 05:05, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
The picture of the ribbing sample is not that clear. I can tell it is ribbed, but the variegated yarn obscures the ribbing.
The picture ought to be replaced with a a sample done on a single color yarn.
E.Zajdel (
talk)
18:50, 21 November 2009 (UTC)
It seems obvious to me that, at least in the Anglosphere, knitting as a hobby is strongly associated with women and/or the elderly. Of course there is nothing about knitting per se that requires this, and no doubt many males and young people practice and enjoy knitting in reality. But the cultural perception, at least, is strong and it's very strange to me that the section of the article titled "History and Culture" doesn't at least mention this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.119.10.182 ( talk) 05:46, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
I do not see a citation for this sentence: "Hand-knitting has gone into and out of fashion many times in the last two centuries, and at the turn of the 21st century it is enjoying a revival." I think that sentence is superfluous. Huntgoddess ( talk) 22:44, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
There is a section heading "Courses and Wales" which defines a course but then makes no mention of a wale other than in a caption to a picture. The word is not included in the OED in connection with knitting, so I am wondering where the term originated. The OED does have the word as a term for a ridge in woven textiles and a horizontal band binding off in basketry. MidlandLinda ( talk) 22:08, 25 November 2010 (UTC)
A course is a horizontal row of stitches; a wale is a vertical row of stitches. Courses and wales are defined and discussed in Richard Rutt's History of Knitting.-- Storye book ( talk) 08:11, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
I think that we should have a knitting and chrochetting pattern avaliable... where various knitting patterns are avaliable. Jose Pablo S. Martinez ( talk) 20:14, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi. Could someone have a look at this orphaned article and try link to it or merge it or afd it? Gbawden ( talk) 06:45, 26 August 2014 (UTC)
There have been a lot of edits where large chunks of this article have been removed and put into hand knitting. I think that future large-scale edits should be discussed so that there are not further reverts. Kobuu ( talk) 15:41, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
Per other Wikipedia articles, knitting is a craft handcraft, an art fiber art, and part of the textile industry. This article is almost exclusively about knitting as a craft; the other aspects are not well covered. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.81.81.84 ( talk) 16:50, 8 June 2015 (UTC)
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Not sure how to go about fitting it in, but the Ravelry site would be a good resource to include for people who are looking for a community and free stitch/pattern guides. Medises ( talk) 14:01, 23 May 2020 (UTC) I've added Ravelry as an external link Noracrentiss ( talk) 05:36, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
Some of the information here is linked to "hobbyist" web sites and/or blogs. Some of the latter are on the sites of vendors or manufacturers. In general, on Wikipedia self-published texts cannot be used as sources for facts. This is particularly difficult for many crafts because they haven't had formal analysis that would appear in, say, academic publications. I don't have an answer for this, but would like to know if there are reliable sources that could be used here that could replace some of the informal sources that have been used here to support this Wikipedia page. Lamona ( talk) 19:55, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
I haven't had time to dig into this yet, but the University of Illinois has a publicly available library guide for research on Historic Knitting that might be a starting point for more scholarly sources. Here's the link: https://ischoolillinois.libguides.com/c.php?g=1093640&p=8006599 Erinldoyle ( talk) 22:34, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
Kyle Cassidy donated these https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Knitted_Sweater.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Double_Pointed_Needles_(2).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Knitting_with_Double_Pointed_Needles.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Circular_Knitting.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Knitted_Sweater.jpg
Not my topic, hope they help ;) Midgley ( talk) 21:13, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
I added a citation to the beginning of the page. It was a small edit, but I figured I would mention that I did so in this talk page anyway.-- NoFace23 ( talk) 09:01, 16 October 2023 (UTC)