Tools and Equipment
Knitting Needle
Also Known As Knitting Pin
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The tapered rods that hold live loops of yarn while new loops are pulled through: straight pairs, double-pointed sets for working in the round, and circular needles joined by a flexible cable, in woods, metals and plastics whose sizes are standardized by gauge.
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Introduced When (Circa)Circa 14th century (earliest depicted evidence) 1 Earliest surviving depictions, in 14th-century Knitting Madonna paintings, show double-pointed needles; the craft of knitting itself is believed to be older. OriginAs old as knitting itself; early needles were commonly double-pointed, as the oldest surviving knitted pieces worked in the round imply 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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1. Knitting Needle (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHistory sectionQuote, History section
Double-pointed needles are depicted in a number of 14th-century oil paintings, typically called Knitting Madonnas, depicting Mary knitting with double-pointed needles
1. Knitting Needle (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead sectionQuote, Lead section
A knitting needle or knitting pin is a tool in hand-knitting to produce knitted fabrics.
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