Answers to Quiz Time 3.
1. What is generally the best stitch to use if you want your garment to have a close fit around the waist or wrist?
d. Rib stitch
Rib stitch is a knit one, purl one stitch that gives an ascending pattern of like type stitches. This means that if a knit stitch has occurred on the row before, a purl stitch will be knitted on the next. It allows for stretch and so is very suitable for areas that need a close fit but with the comfort of a bit of give, such as the neck, waist and wrist.
2. What stitch would be most appropriate if you wanted to give a basket weave-like effect?
c. Moss Stitch
Moss stitch it also a knit one, purl one stitch but alternates on each new row so that a knit sits above a purl on alternating rows. This is a stitch that all new knitters should try as it is very forgiving to uneven knitters, as it always manages to look just right.
3. Which knitting design is particularly associated with Scotland and golfers ?
b. Argyle
Argyle is a diamond shaped pattern most commonly associated with golfing attire from Scotland. It is fashioned after the Clan Campbell tartan of Western Scotland and is knitted by a process known as intarsia. In recent times Pringle, the iconic knitwear manufacturer of Scotland has promoted the design again and it has become hugely popular.
4. What does the design on the Aran pattern reflect ?
a. The pattern of the stars above
Argyle is a diamond shaped pattern most commonly associated with golfing attire from Scotland. It is fashioned after the Clan Campbell tartan of Western Scotland and is knitted by a process known as intarsia. In recent times Pringle, the iconic knitwear manufacturer of Scotland has promoted the design again and it has become hugely popular.
5. If you wanted to start off knitting something, how would you begin?
c. casting on
Well this is the only way to begin! Get your grandmother to show you or google, as it's far too hard to describe in words but very simple to execute if shown one to one!
6. Which of these celebrities has been reported as being an avid knitter ?
d. All of these
Well all of them have been, but as you know you can't always believe everything you read in the press ! It's probably a good guess that it is correct because all are Northern Hemisphere dwellers and let's face it,once you have children you can't go out every night in the deep dark winter even if you have a nanny, housekeeper, butler et al !
7. Where was the earliest knitted garment found ?
a. Egypt
The earliest knitted garment found was a pair of socks in Egypt at the end of the first millenium. The earliest recorded knitting guild was in Paris 1527. It is possible that knitting, which essentially turns a yarn into a cloth, was a craft from pre 1000 but to date no evidence of this has been found.
8. If you wanted a twisted type column in your garment what stitch would you use ?
a. Cable
Cable stitch is much more dense and far less flexible than typical knitting. A third needle or even a safety pin is required to execute it properly and an enormous amount of concentration helps.
9. What material can be knitted?
c. all of these
All of these can be knitted as knitting is essentially any yarn turned into fabric by hand or machine needle work. Cashmere is the most luxurious of those mentioned and comes from especially bred goats who take their name from Kashmir. The wool is exceptionally fine and soft and is often described as Pashmina. Nylon is a synthetic soft yarn often used to knit baby garments.
10. Which of these would be able to give you the best advice on knitting in your local community ?
d. a knitting circle group
While you will most likely be able to get good advice or at least pointers to advice from all of these, the best source is people who actively knit on a regular basis! The best knitter in my local knitting circle is a male aged in his twenties. Knitting is encouraged as an Occupational Therapy activity in many nursing homes in Australia. A librarian should at least point you in the right direction reference wise ! Another good place to source information would be the shop from which you purchased your yarn.