Knitting

Knitting is the technique of creating an elastic fabric from a single continuous yarn formed into rows of loops with needles or a knitting machine. Unlike woven cloth, knitted fabric stretches and recovers, so it hugs the body beautifully. In Ukraine knitting long provided warm sweaters, socks, mittens, shawls and openwork wraps, while patterned knitting (cables, Aran motifs, jacquard) made them decorative too. The techniques are countless: stocking stitch, garter stitch, ribbing, lace. Knitting can be fast and machine-made or slow and meditatively hand-made. Today hand-knitting is a symbol of cosiness, slow fashion and a personal warmth invested in the piece.