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11/3/2009 10:22:57 AM	Posted by:	sarah66	Their rating:
Technique		"Technique - Yarn over (YO)?"
personally, I was wrapping the yarn all the way around the needle when I did a YO, which was wrong - when you are knitting, inst ...
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2/24/2009 2:58:49 PM	Posted by:	wiseNeedle	Their rating:
Materials		"When was knitting invented??"
Knitting isn't as old as weaving or knotting, but is older than crochet. This answer has more details on its history: http://ww ...
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2/24/2009 2:32:39 PM	Posted by:	wiseNeedle	Their rating:
Materials		"stiff yarn!! yuck?"
There are several things that account for stiffness in crochet and they are all linked together, much like crochet itself. Yarn ...
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2/24/2009 6:06:42 AM	Posted by:	wiseNeedle	Their rating:
Technique		"Casting on at beginning of existing row?"
The easiest way to do this is to cast on three using a half-hitch cast on at the end of the previous row. You can also use a ca ...
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2/24/2009 5:54:30 AM	Posted by:	wiseNeedle	Their rating:
Technique		"Abbreviation - rep and RS?"
Your instructions are knitting shorthand for "Repeat the last two rows and keep knitting those two rows over and over again unti ...
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2/24/2009 5:50:05 AM	Posted by:	wiseNeedle	Their rating:
Technique		"Cable Twist - Repeating Pattern?"
It looks like you start working four "set up" rows of plain knitting before the first big cable crossing, which happens on Row 4 ...
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2/21/2009 1:06:41 PM	Posted by:	wiseNeedle	Their rating:
General		"Knee socks pattern sources?"
There are several internet-accessible large index type listings of sock patterns that include knee socks. Try these websites: h ...
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2/10/2009 7:22:40 PM	Posted by:	wiseNeedle	Their rating:
Technique		"Joining with another color?"
It's the nature of knit stitches to present a smooth side made up of little Vs, and a bumpy side that looks like dashes. If you ...
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2/10/2009 7:16:15 PM	Posted by:	wiseNeedle	Their rating:
Information		"Lace weight yarn - multiple strands?"
I suspect that any light fingering yarn might be about right, but it's hard to be exactly sure. Lace weight yarns vary consider ...
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2/10/2009 7:06:12 PM	Posted by:	wiseNeedle	Their rating:
Technique		"In the Next Stitch?"
Trinity stitch is a heavily embossed texture that's made by alternately increasing then decreasing away extra stitches, and doin ...
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