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After seeing people do it I have tried to hold and move the yarn with
my left hand. Just to get an idea of how it is done in case it would ever be handy. Unfortunately my left hand is very very stupid. Gonna have to stick with throwing with the right hand, and working out new ways to do things that would be more easily done by my left. NightMist On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 08:38:43 -0700, "Butterflywings" wrote: To take it one step further, in KNITTING, cause I know some of us do: when you knit the American way, you Throw the yarn over the working needle, but, in Continental, you Move the yarn with your left finger over the needle point of the idle needle. I've been watching How-To-Knit diff stitches on 'youtube' but I've never heard them say the word 'move' or any other for Continental. Butterfly (And I'm not positive that "Move" is the word I need.) . "NightMist" wrote in message ... Throw A stitch movement in a single direction. Needle goes up or needle goes down on a sewing machine. Needle moves from one side of the fabric to the other in hand sewing. Thus for example, whip stitching by hand requires one throw per stitch, while a single running stitch by hand requires two. -- Nothing has been the same since that house fell on my sister. -- Nothing has been the same since that house fell on my sister. |
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I found this video to be most helpful. I just can't do it when I'm tired.
http://www.knittinghelp.com/videos/knit-stitch Butterfly (also thinking of the 'throw' that you put over your feet while in your favorite chair). "NightMist" wrote in message ... After seeing people do it I have tried to hold and move the yarn with my left hand. Just to get an idea of how it is done in case it would ever be handy. Unfortunately my left hand is very very stupid. Gonna have to stick with throwing with the right hand, and working out new ways to do things that would be more easily done by my left. NightMist On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 08:38:43 -0700, "Butterflywings" wrote: To take it one step further, in KNITTING, cause I know some of us do: when you knit the American way, you Throw the yarn over the working needle, but, in Continental, you Move the yarn with your left finger over the needle point of the idle needle. I've been watching How-To-Knit diff stitches on 'youtube' but I've never heard them say the word 'move' or any other for Continental. Butterfly (And I'm not positive that "Move" is the word I need.) . "NightMist" wrote in message ... Throw A stitch movement in a single direction. Needle goes up or needle goes down on a sewing machine. Needle moves from one side of the fabric to the other in hand sewing. Thus for example, whip stitching by hand requires one throw per stitch, while a single running stitch by hand requires two. -- Nothing has been the same since that house fell on my sister. -- Nothing has been the same since that house fell on my sister. |
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Pickadils, picadillos, peccadilloes and other variations
Tabs or small squares of material. Usually put around the base of a doublet, bodice, or around the armhole to disguise the lacing strips. Used on corsets to help distribute weight off of the shoulders. Used on collars and wired to support ruffs. (an archaic term I just couldn't resist (G)) -- Nothing has been the same since that house fell on my sister. |
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Flannel A light to medium weight woven fabric with a soft, slightly napped surface . Expensive flannels of wool and wool blends are usually napped and fulled whereas less expensive flannels of cotton and other fibers are usually just napped. Cotton flannel is most commonly found as a plain weave fabric, as are many lighter flannels. Wool or wool blend flannel may also be a plain weave but is also sold in twill weave, for example as in suiting flannel. -- Nothing has been the same since that house fell on my sister. |
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Is there any essential difference between cotton flannel, as described
here, and what we call 'brushed cotton' do you think? I've often wondered. .. In message , NightMist writes Flannel A light to medium weight woven fabric with a soft, slightly napped surface . Expensive flannels of wool and wool blends are usually napped and fulled whereas less expensive flannels of cotton and other fibers are usually just napped. Cotton flannel is most commonly found as a plain weave fabric, as are many lighter flannels. Wool or wool blend flannel may also be a plain weave but is also sold in twill weave, for example as in suiting flannel. -- Best Regards pat on the hill |
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Ah, thanks, Pati. That would make sense, as brushed cotton found in
dressmaking fabric shops is not as 'plush' as flannel in patchwork fabric shops. .. In message , Pati C. writes Patti, as I remember... it has been a long while G .... Brushed cotton is lightly brushed not truly napped. A similar process, but not as "rough", and not as soft a result. Pati, in Phx -- Best Regards pat on the hill |
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How true!
.. In message , Elly D writes In Britain, 'Flannel' can also mean a terry towelling face cloth OR a word used to describe insincere talk intended to deceive, flatter or bluff. Elly in Scotland -- Best Regards pat on the hill |
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Twill
A variation on basket weave that creates a diagonal effect on the surface of the fabric. I have a fever so I will make this simple by illustrating. If each of the following lines is a warp thread, and O indicates that thread going over a weft thread, and U indicates that thread going under a weft thread, twill looks sort of like this (spaces added to save your eyeballs) OO UU OO UU OU UO OU UO UU OO UU OO UO OU UO OU -- Nothing has been the same since that house fell on my sister. |
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Entredeux A term most often seen in heirloom or period sewing these days. "Between two" it refers to an insert which may be a bit of lace or ribbon, or in some cases a hem stitch or othe other needlelace-like variations thereof. Often found as the boundry between gathers or smocking, and laces or embroideries. -- Nothing has been the same since that house fell on my sister. |
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Warp Knit a knit fabric wherein the knit stitches appear to have been knit crossways on the fabric, as in tricot or raschel. They tend to lay flatter and a be smoother and more run resistant than weft knits. Weft Knit a knit fabric wherein the knit stitches appear to have been knit lengthways on the fabric, as in jersy or interlock. They tend to have more stretch than warp knits. -- Nothing has been the same since that house fell on my sister. |
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