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- Knit 2 Together - Equipment and supplies for various textile crafts: hand knitting, machine knitting, tatting, crochet, bobbin lace plus software for quilting, cross stitch, dressmaking, knitting, and needlepoint.
- Cara4WebShopping.com - Carries all top major knitting machine brands. Knitting compatible tools and supplies to enhance your knitting design. Embroidery, paints, beads, buttons, and more embellishments.
- ScanTheCat - Brother machine knitting Fashion magazines, manuals, accessory manuals, pattern books and Desgnaknit. Machine knit poncho patterns for babies, children and adults using standard Japanese knitting machines.
- Distinctive Knits - Artisan Knitting Machines. Machine Knitting books, patterns, yarns, accessories. Includes information on DesignaKnit software newsletter and tips of the week.
- Magic Cable Designs - Patterns using Magic Cables, a simple, fast technique for knitting mock cable on a knitting machine. Includes free patterns, links and knitting tips.
- Daisy Knits - Production machine knitting source. Knitwear specialist for schools and businesses. Classes, clubs, free patterns, new patterns, yarns, new and used knitting machines, workshop/seminar schedule.
- Smoking Needles Knitting - Machine knitting tips and techniques for double and flat bed knitting machines. Links, and free patterns.
- Teaching Knitting - Lecture course at BSc and MSc level about the principles of knitted structures, machine knitting, and knitting cycles. From the University of Manchester's Department of Textiles.
- Northtipton Creations - Knitting machine patterns, Brother knitting machines, tools, yarn, paints, and DesignaKnit software. Includes free patterns and links page.
- Lamb Knitting Machine Corp. - USA. Manufacturer of narrow flat trim knitting machines and small diameter circular knitting machines. Also makes braiding machines for textile cords, ropes and wire or fiberglass knit materials.
Wikipedia Articles
- Continental knitting - Knitting with the yarn in one's left hand is commonly referred to as Continental knitting, German knitting, European knitting, or left-hand knitting. Unlike English knitting, the yarn is held in the left hand; the motion of bringing the yarn forward with a needle held in the other hand is thus sometimes known as picking.
- Circular knitting - Circular knitting or knitting in the round is a form of knitting that creates a seamless tube. When knitting circularly, the knitting is cast on and the circle of stitches is joined.
- Combined knitting - Combined knitting or combination knitting is a style that combines elements of Eastern-style knitting with the Western techniques. By wrapping the yarn the opposite way while purling, the knitter changes the orientation of the resulting loops; then the next row's knit stitches can be formed by inserting the needle from ...
- British Hand Knitting Confederation - The British Hand Knitting Confederation is a British organization specializing in knitting. The British Hand Knitting Confederation is dedicated to promoting the craft of hand knitting.
- Fully-fashioned knitting - Fully-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 knitting machine's needles to add or drop stitches to create ...