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How does knitting by hand and machine differ? by Genoveva Lowrance
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How does knitting by hand and machine differ? |
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Flat knitting and round knitting details are spoken off by number of articles and information is available from both online and offline. There may be lot of differences which are noticed rarely among hand knitting and machine knitting. Let us see how different these knittings are from each other. It is not surprising if most of you know this information. Yet, there are chances for you people not to remember or might have forgotten. Based on all kinds of people in mind an attempt is made in the following content to list out and differentiate some of the important differences among hand knitting and knitting machine. Flat Knitting Machines Flat knitting machine is the common name for Vee Bed knitting machines since they appear flat. In this knitting machine there are two beds of needles in reversed form of letter V. A cartridge moves up and down the needle rows and work on the yarn as it passes by. These are much preferable over others as it is used for broader selection of stitches, patterns and yarns. Knitting shop or yarn shops do spend good amounts for such machines because of certain advantages. Flat Knitting by Hand This is normally used for knitting a fabric or piece of a garment which is relatively flat. It is used to knit on either side like front and back or right and wrong sides of the knitted material. Number of difficulties might be faced while knitting from front and back for few people at the very beginning since it might need number of types of stitches on different sides. An example for such knitting can be knit stitch that is to be knitted on front side and purl stitch that is knitted on back side. The knitting shop or yarn shops are mostly filled with such type of machines which are in good demand. Round Knitting Machines A series of cambered needles are used for the function of circular or round knitting machines to knit from either right or wrong or from front and back side of the fabrics. Round knitting through machine or by hand does not differ much and almost appear similar. Knitting through machine is at a faster rate compared with flat knitting machines and much faster compared with hand knitting. Look for a proper knitting machine before you plan to enter a knitting shop or yarn shop to purchase since most of the machines are manufactured only for shorter time with limited purpose in mind.
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