Knitting

Today we will talk about a wonderful hobby - knitting.

The history of knitting goes back to the distant past. Thus, in one of the Egyptian burials, a children's knitted shoe was found, and its age, according to archaeologists, is more than 4000 years. Also interesting is the story of the knitting of the wedding dress of the wife of Odysseus Penelope, who promised to get married after the creation of the wedding dress. But the cunning Penelope dismissed the outfit every night. And you can only dissolve a knitted thing. According to one version, knitting came to Europe from Egypt. It came with Copts, Egyptian Christians. Initially in Europe they admired the knitted things of the Egyptians, then they themselves began to try to learn this craft.

Previously, knitting was a purely masculine occupation. Now this type of needlework is a purely female hobby. There were times when men even went on strike against women in the workplace. Although now very many of the strong half of humanity like to relax while knitting.

The front and back loop, yarn - these are the three whales on which the knitting principle is based. A single so-called American system of knitting signs has been adopted around the world. Therefore, it will not be difficult to link according to the scheme even from a foreign magazine. Also, experienced knitters subdivide knitting into two ways - "grandmother" and "classic". Most of the patterns are designed for classic knitting. For example, many openwork patterns cannot be knitted in the "grandmother's" way.

Knitting

With this type of needlework, like knitting, special attention should be paid to the choice of knitting needles. They should be comfortable, well-polished and lightweight. The ends of the needles should not be too sharp or blunt. They are also long single, as a rule, they knit scarves, blankets, bags, scarves and much more. Tubular products - socks, mittens, hats are knitted on five knitting needles, which are called hosiery. Circular knitting needles knit products without a seam, skirts, raglan sweaters. The size of the knitting needles is selected according to the thickness of the yarn and the final result of the product. Thick yarn with thin knitting needles is a dense fabric, and vice versa, thin yarn and thick knitting needles are loose and airy fabric.

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Modern knitting is fashionable, stylishly beautiful. Hand-knitted items have a very high value and are in the wardrobe of every fashionista. You can knit anything - both a warm wool coat and light tunics and cotton T-shirts.

In addition, knitted accessories have become fashionable: handbags, jewelry and much more. Very often they knit educational toys for babies. The modern variety of yarns and colors allows you to create truly unique items.

Knitted products (so-called handmade) are positioned on the market as a unique and high-quality product. Needlewomen can make good money on this.

As it turned out, knitting is not only individuality in things, an opportunity to earn money, but also health benefits. It is worth trying to learn how to knit, for example, in order to control your emotions and get rid of bad habits. People who knit are more open, calm. They easily find a common language with the same enthusiastic people. This contributes to the development of mutual assistance, friendly communication, creativity awakens, imagination appears.

It has also been proven that knitting lowers blood pressure and calms the nervous system, protects people from the most insidious disease of our time - stress, because a person rewards himself for work with a knitted thing. You can knit everywhere - on the way to work, on the train, at lunchtime.

Summing up the above, it is safe to say that knitting is one of the most exciting hobbies. This is the creation of beautiful things, the opportunity to earn good money, as well as taking care of your health.It's a little magic.

Veltischeva D.