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111Fully-fashioned knitting — machines are flat knitting machines that produce custom pre shaped pieces of a knitted garment. Instead of knitting a whole rectangular sheet of fabric, instructions from a knit pattern on a punch card or computer file guide a fully fashioned… …
112History of knitting — Knitting, as defined by Wiktionary, is Combin [ing] a piece of thread with two needles into a piece of fabric. Its origins lie in the basic human need for clothing for protection against the elements. More recently, knitting has become less a… …
113Knitta Please — Utility pole warmer on New York City street corner. Knitta Please, also known as simply Knitta, is the group of artists who began the knit graffiti movement in Houston, Texas in 2005. They are known for wrapping public architecture e.g. lampposts …
114Novelty yarns — From bottom up: Ribbon yarn, ladder yarn, braided yarn, and regular yarn Novelty yarns include a wide variety of yarns made with unusual features, structure or fiber composition such as slubs, inclusions, metallic or synthetic fibers, laddering… …
115hosiery — /hoh zheuh ree/, n. 1. stockings or socks of any kind. 2. the business of a hosier. [1780 90; HOSIER + Y3] * * * Knit or woven coverings for the feet and legs, worn inside shoes. In the 8th century BC, Hesiod referred to linings for shoes; the… …
116clothing and footwear industry — Introduction also called apparel and allied industries, garment industries, or soft goods industries, factories and mills producing outerwear, underwear, headwear, footwear, belts, purses, luggage, gloves, scarfs, ties, and household… …
117Flat knitting — is a method for producing knitted fabrics in which the work is turned periodically, i.e., the fabric is knitted from alternating sides. The two sides (or faces ) of the fabric are usually designated as the right side (the side that faces outwards …
118Clothing fetish — or garment fetish is a sexual fetish that revolves around a fixation upon a particular article or type of clothing, a collection of garments that appear as part of a fashion or uniform, or a person dressed in such a garment. The clinical… …
119Professions — The fashion industry is comprised of people who liaise with one another from around the world, working in an extensive range of jobs, ultimately bringing products to market. The industry is broken down into eight different segments with… …
120Welting (knitting) — In knitting, welting is the horizontal analog of ribbing; that is, one or more horizontal rows of knit stitches alternating with one or more rows of purl stitches.The simplest welting is garter stitch, in which knit rows alternate with purl rows …
