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Knitting and Yarn

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Difference between Knitting and Yarn

Knitting vs. Yarn

Knitting is a method by which yarn is manipulated to create a textile or fabric for use in many types of garments. Yarn is a long continuous length of interlocked fibres, suitable for use in the production of textiles, sewing, crocheting, knitting, weaving, embroidery, or ropemaking.

Similarities between Knitting and Yarn

Knitting and Yarn have 35 things in common (in Unionpedia): Acrylic fiber, Alpaca, Bamboo, Camel, Cat, Cotton, Crochet, Domestic yak, Embroidery, Felt, Gauge (knitting), Hemp, Knitting, Linen, Llama, Maize, Muskox, Natural dye, Old English, Pill (textile), Plying, Polyester, Sheep, Silk, Soybean, Spinning (textiles), Synthetic fiber, Textile, Textile manufacturing, Units of textile measurement, ..., Urtica dioica, Weaving, Wool, Yarn bombing, Yarn weight. Expand index (5 more) »

Acrylic fiber

Acrylic fibers are synthetic fibers made from a polymer (polyacrylonitrile) with an average molecular weight of ~100,000, about 1900 monomer units.

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Alpaca

The Alpaca (Vicugna pacos) is a species of South American camelid, similar to, and often confused with the llama.

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Bamboo

The bamboos are evergreen perennial flowering plants in the subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae.

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Camel

A camel is an even-toed ungulate in the genus Camelus that bears distinctive fatty deposits known as "humps" on its back.

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Cat

The domestic cat (Felis silvestris catus or Felis catus) is a small, typically furry, carnivorous mammal.

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Cotton

Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus Gossypium in the mallow family Malvaceae.

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Crochet

Not to be confused with Crotchet, the common name for a Quarter note in music. Crochet is a process of creating fabric by interlocking loops of yarn, thread, or strands of other materials using a crochet hook.

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Domestic yak

The domestic yak (Bos grunniens) is a long-haired domesticated bovid found throughout the Himalayan region of the Indian subcontinent, the Tibetan Plateau and as far north as Mongolia and Russia.

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Embroidery

Embroidery is the craft of decorating fabric or other materials using a needle to apply thread or yarn.

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Felt

Felt is a textile material that is produced by matting, condensing and pressing fibers together.

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Gauge (knitting)

In knitting, the word gauge is used both in hand knitting and machine knitting; the latter, technical abbreviation GG, refers to "Knitting Machines" fineness size.

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Hemp

Hemp, or industrial hemp (from Old English hænep), typically found in the northern hemisphere, is a variety of the Cannabis sativa plant species that is grown specifically for the industrial uses of its derived products.

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Knitting

Knitting is a method by which yarn is manipulated to create a textile or fabric for use in many types of garments.

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Linen

Linen is a textile made from the fibers of the flax plant.

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Llama

The llama (Lama glama) is a domesticated South American camelid, widely used as a meat and pack animal by Andean cultures since the Pre-Columbian era.

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Maize

Maize (Zea mays subsp. mays, from maíz after Taíno mahiz), also known as corn, is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago.

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Muskox

The muskox (Ovibos moschatus), also spelled musk ox and musk-ox (in ᐅᒥᖕᒪᒃ, umingmak), is an Arctic hoofed mammal of the family Bovidae, noted for its thick coat and for the strong odor emitted during the seasonal rut by males, from which its name derives.

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Natural dye

Natural dyes are dyes or colorants derived from plants, invertebrates, or minerals.

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Old English

Old English (Ænglisc, Anglisc, Englisc), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest historical form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages.

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Pill (textile)

A pill, colloquially known as a bobble, fuzzball, or lint ball is a small ball of fibers that forms on a piece of cloth.

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Plying

In the textile arts, plying is a process used to create a strong, balanced yarn.

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Polyester

Polyester is a category of polymers that contain the ester functional group in their main chain.

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Sheep

Domestic sheep (Ovis aries) are quadrupedal, ruminant mammal typically kept as livestock.

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Silk

Silk is a natural protein fiber, some forms of which can be woven into textiles.

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Soybean

The soybean (Glycine max), or soya bean, is a species of legume native to East Asia, widely grown for its edible bean, which has numerous uses.

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Spinning (textiles)

Spinning is the twisting together of drawn-out strands of fibers to form yarn, and is a major part of the textile industry.

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Synthetic fiber

Synthetic fibers (British English: synthetic fibres) are fibers made by humans with chemical synthesis, as opposed to natural fibers that humans get from living organisms with little or no chemical changes.

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Textile

A textile is a flexible material consisting of a network of natural or artificial fibres (yarn or thread).

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Textile manufacturing

Textile manufacturing is a major industry.

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Units of textile measurement

Textile fibers, threads, yarns and fabrics are measured in a multiplicity of units.

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Urtica dioica

Urtica dioica, often called common nettle, stinging nettle (although not all plants of this species sting) or nettle leaf, is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the family Urticaceae.

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Weaving

Weaving is a method of textile production in which two distinct sets of yarns or threads are interlaced at right angles to form a fabric or cloth.

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Wool

Wool is the textile fiber obtained from sheep and other animals, including cashmere and mohair from goats, qiviut from muskoxen, angora from rabbits, and other types of wool from camelids.

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Yarn bombing

Yarn bombing (or yarnbombing) is a type of graffiti or street art that employs colourful displays of knitted or crocheted yarn or fibre rather than paint or chalk.

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Yarn weight

Yarn weight refers to the thickness of yarn used by knitters, weavers, crocheters and other fiber artists.

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Knitting and Yarn Comparison

Knitting has 196 relations, while Yarn has 79. As they have in common 35, the Jaccard index is 12.73% = 35 / (196 + 79).

References

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