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Knitting was out of fashion in the last few centuries, but now, it is gradually making a comeback. It was once considered one of the most popular hobbies among women. Today, it is ideal to make a business out of the hobby of knitting.
Structure is important in the knitting process as it serves as a pattern. This involves the crafting of the fabric’s edges. The knitting fabric has initial and final edges which are popularly known as the cast-on and bound-off edges. On the other hand, the side edges of the fabric are generally called selvages. Some say that the term was derived from the words ‘self edges’, which means that the stitches do not depend on other stitches. As time goes, a number of types of selvages have been developed. Such types have various elastic and ornamental properties. Meanwhile, horizontal and vertical edges can also be presented within a knitted fabric. In the case of button holes, the edges are either introduced by binding off and casting on again or by knitting the fabrics on each side of the vertical edges individually.
For two knitted fabrics, embroidery-based grafting methods can be used. The most popular among these grafting methods is the Kitchener stitch. Another method in knitting the edges is known as the picking up stitch which can be started from any of the edges of a knitted fabric. The method is also the basis for entrelac knitting, where the wales go perpendicular to each other in a checkerboard pattern.
