Knitting with needles dates back to the 17th century, as early traces of this craft have been found across eight ethnographic areas of Gjirokastra. This type of knowledge-making flourished in the 18th century. It is practiced with 2 or more knitting needles and different threads as desired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The process begins with drawing \u201cloops\u201d and further to this, knitting stitches into every single loop through the needles by different techniques to come up with a variety of stitches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The basic knitting technique is \u201cstockinette stitch\u201d and \u201cgarter\u201d stitch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some types of workpieces are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1- Sleeve; This type of work is practiced with 5 needles. It starts from the cuff part with a drawing of loops according to the wrist circumference. The process on this part goes along a seamless and no-joins sleeve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2- Hem: Knitting in this part is practiced with 2 needles and is mainly used for small kids\u2019 clothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3- Braid stitch; The width and length of the braid are determined as desired and depending on the number of working yarns being braided. Technically, loops of yarns are divided into 2 groups, which are \u201cply-twisted\u201d or interlocked with one another (the first half on the front goes to the back and the other half on the back is brought to the front).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
4- Rice stitch; Stitches take turns from one row to the next. The stitches alternate between the stockinette pattern and the grater pattern along every row.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Knitting with needles dates back to the 17th century, as early traces of this craft have been found across eight ethnographic areas of Gjirokastra. This type of knowledge-making flourished in the 18th century. It is practiced with 2 or more knitting needles and different threads as desired. The process begins with drawing \u201cloops\u201d and further […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[834,836,838],"tags":[870],"class_list":["post-3605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gjirokaster-municipality","category-libohove-municipality","category-permet-municipality","tag-traditional-craftsmanship"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n