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Knitting Needles:
A knitting needle is a hand tool to produce
knitted fabrics. They are not sharp like a sewing needle.
Their purpose is two-fold. The long shaft holds the active stitches
of the fabric, to prevent them from unraveling, and the tapered or pointed
end is to form new stitches.
The different size needles are determined
by their radius and then by its length. The size of the stitch is
determined mostly by the radius of the knitting needle used to make it.
Therefore larger stitches can be made with larger needles.
Knitting needles come in different types.
The most common is a pair of long straight needles. They can be made
from aluminum, plastic, or wood. Wood or bamboo knitting needles seem to
be the easiest and most convenient type of needle to use for basic
knitting.
Needles can also be round to make projects
like socks and mittens. |
