The beginnings of knitting
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1 The beginnings of Knitting… Cheryl Hird www.montyknits.blogspot .com
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How to learn the basics of knitting
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The beginnings of Knitting…
Cheryl Hird
www.montyknits.blogspot.com
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How are you feeling right now?
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The warm up pattern• Each person (stitch) Line up along the
‘needle’• Say your name & **throw the ball (wool)
and catch it then answer one of the questions/statements on the ball
• Hand the ball (wool) to the next person on your left
• Then move across to the other ‘needle’• Once everyone is on the right ‘needle’
everyone move back across to the left ‘needle’ & Repeat from **
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Experiences of knittingWhere are you at?...
• Who has done a little knitting before?
• Who has never knitted?• Who doesn’t like the idea of
knitting? ‘it’s just for girls, or your Granny’!
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Aims of the session…
• How knitting began• How to make a stitch…an experiment
(individually)• 3 different methods of learning (1 individual
and 2 pairs)• Understanding a few of the different
stitches• Learning casting on and off & stitching rows• Understand how to make cable stitch• Identifying different tools you might need• Why Knitting is beginning to be seen as
Therapy
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How it all began…• Knitting originated in Egypt where socks
have been discovered• Mentioned in the Bible Leviticus 13:48 (
www.biblegateway.com )
• Spread through to Europe • Elizabethan knitting schools were set up in
Britain (http://howsch.wrytestuff.com/swa32674.htm )
• The 17th and 18th Centuries knitting industry and beginnings of mechanised knitting (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_knitting )
• World War I an II – make do and mend• 1980s reduced popularity of hand knitting• And now… knitting is back as a hobby
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For some people knitting is simply a way of life!
www.borngifted.co.uk www.littlesweetknittings.com
www.knittingwithkarma.blogspot.com
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Making a stitch …an experiment
With a needle in each hand the stitches will go from the left hand needle to the right
Instructions:• Right needle in through stitch left to right• Wool in right hand round needle• Right needle pull down hooking stitch• Pull stitch off left needle onto right
Have you made a good stitch??!www.oneclockworkrabbit.com
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Now for a slightly better way
In 1 individual and 2 pairs, grab some needles and wool & learn to knit…
• Individual A. will follow instructions from The Knitter’s Bible Crompton (2004)
• Pair B. will watch a video clip (in at 1:19 min to end)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8kF5JBkjSs
• Pair C. I will demonstrate :
How did you find that?www.en.wikipedia.org
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Help with making a good stitch
• Needle size compared to yarn • Tension• Type of yarn (man made/natural
fibres)• Tools
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Knitting a row
• in Knit stitch
• Now how to purl
http://www.learn2knit.co.uk
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Different types of stitches/combos
Stocking stitch
Knit and purl
2x2 cable
Knit and knit
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Cable Stitch
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Casting on; the method I know!
Several different types of cast on in different countries
Knit cast; strong edge for knitting• Quick to knit• Bit tricky to get the hang of• Great when starting a rib edgewww.knittinghelp.co
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Casting off
Knit cast off• Gives a strong finish to work• Ensures that is does not fray• Enables you to stitch sections of
knitting together
Now you have a go atCasting off first then Casting on
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Once you know…you can teach someone else
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Knitting therapyKnitting was used as part of Occupational Therapy during WWI with wounded men
Conference on Therapeutic Knitting‘Knitting to Facilitate Change’ held at Bath’s Royal Scientific and Literary Institution June 2012.
• Looking at the benefits of knitting to manage symptoms and emotions though changes in social and behaviour
• Knitting groups to tackle loneliness and isolation • educating, supporting, monitoring and motivating people over the
longer-term at low cost in way which doesn’t focus on negative isues• addicts could use knitting as a self-soothing tool for the management of
emotions, stress and anxiety to enable them to partake in group activity • ‘take home’ tool linked to the group,• Can be used to help manage pain, help sufferers with Dementia or
mental health problems
http://www.stitchlinks.com/pdfsNewSite/research/Report_Press%20Release.pdf
http://www.ukhandknitting.com/knitting_therapy.php
How do you feel now?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupational_therapy
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And my final thought for the day
If you do decide to continue knitting from what you've learnt today this is what you might like
to try! perhaps a bit of team work with patients?!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyZbGRydtL0&feature=relmfu
start at 2:08 until 2:38
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyZbGRydtL0&feature=relmfu
start at 2:08 until 2:38
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyZbGRydtL0&feature=relmfu
start at 2:08 until 2:38
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ReferencesCrompton, C (2004) The knitter’s bible. UK: David & Charles
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_knitting
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupational_therapyhttp://howsch.wrytestuff.com/swa32674.htm
http://www.stitchlinks.com/pdfsNewSite/research/Report_Press%20Release.pdfwww.amazon.co.uk
www.biblegateway.comwww.borngifted.co.ukwww.knittinghelp.com
www.knittingwithkarma.blogspot.comwww.learn2knit.co.ukwww.lionbrand.com
www.littlesweetknittings.comwww.montyknits.blogspot.comwww.oneclockworkrabbit.com
www.susiefhandmade.blogspot.comwww.vam.ac.uk/page/k/knitting/
www.en.wikipedia.orgwww.youtube.com/watch?v=G8kF5JBkjSs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyZbGRydtL0&feature=relmfuwww.zazzle.co.uk
