A row counter for hand knitting is a tally counter used for counting rows or courses worked, for counting stitch pattern repetitions, or for counting increases or decreases in the number of stitches across consecutive rows. The first commercially produced row counter appeared on the market in the 1920s, after the general public started regularly knitting from unfamiliar printed and complex patterns. Design variations include on-needle barrel-shaped counters for straight-needle work and stitch-marker counters for knitting on double-pointed and circular needles.
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1. Row counter (hand knitting) (Wikipedia)
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appeared on the market in the 1920s
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appeared in the UK
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Why did commercially produced row counters first appear in the 1920s?
The public had begun knitting from unfamiliar, complex printed patterns, making an accurate row count more important.
The first commercially produced row counter for hand knitting appeared on the market in the United Kingdom in 1920, after the general public started regularly knitting from unfamiliar printed and complex patterns that made keeping an accurate row count more important.
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