Crafting Knitting and Crochet 2

Question 1

What is 'blocking' a finished knit or crochet project?

Accepted Answer

Wetting or steaming a finished piece and shaping it to its final dimensions while it dries to even out stitches and set the shape

Answer

Blocking relaxes the fibers, evens out uneven tension, opens up lace patterns, and allows the piece to dry in its correct finished dimensions.

Question 2

What is a 'decrease' in knitting and why is it used?

Accepted Answer

A technique that reduces the number of stitches on the needle, used to shape garments and form points in shaping

Answer

Decreases like K2tog (knit two together) or SSK (slip, slip, knit) reduce stitch count, allowing knitters to taper sleeves, shape necklines, and form angled edges.

Question 3

What does 'amigurumi' refer to in crochet?

Accepted Answer

A Japanese style of crocheting small stuffed animals and characters, typically worked in the round with single crochet stitches

Answer

Amigurumi (Japanese: 編みぐるみ) are the small, cute stuffed toys crocheted using tight single crochet worked in a continuous spiral, creating seamless three-dimensional figures.

Question 4

What is 'frogging' in knitting or crochet slang?

Accepted Answer

Unraveling stitches to rip out mistakes — named because you 'rip it, rip it' like a frog croaks

Answer

Frogging means pulling the yarn to unravel rows or rounds of work back to a mistake, humorously named for the frog sound 'ribbit' resembling 'rip it, rip it.'

Question 5

What is a 'lifeline' in knitting, particularly useful in lace knitting?

Accepted Answer

A smooth waste yarn threaded through all live stitches at a known-correct row, allowing safe unraveling to that point if a mistake occurs later

Answer

A lifeline gives knitters a safety net by marking a verified correct row — if a mistake appears later, they can frog back only to the lifeline without losing all their work.

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Crafting Knitting and Crochet 2