Fiber art
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Fiber art refers to fine art whose material consists of natural or synthetic fiber and other components, such as fabric or yarn. It focuses on the materials and on the manual labor on the part of the
Detail of design for Bluebell or Columbine printed art fabric, 1876, by William Morris.
Example of yarn bombing in Montreal, 2009, by fiber artist Olek
'Flail' a fiber sculpture by artist Madeline Arnault
A Sky Full of Hope by Janet Echelman in Frankfurt
Knitting
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Knitting is the process of interlooping yarn to create textile fabric made of interconnected loops, done by hand, machine or both.
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…clothing, it must be spun (or twisted) into a strand known as yarn. When the yarn is ready and dyed for use it can be made into cloth in a number of ways. Knitting and crochet are common methods of twisting and shaping the yarn into garments or fabric. The most common use of yarn to make cloth is weaving. In…
Person knitting
Eureka Knitting Silk for hand knitting, half ounce, c. 1870–1900; from the 19th Century American Trade Cards collection of the Boston Public Library
A swatch of crocheted fabric. Each stitch is formed by pulling multiple loops through each other.
A swatch of knitted fabric. Each stitch is formed by pulling up a single loop through the previous stitch.