Interactive Knitting Quiz

There are several types of yarn used in knitting. The biggest and bulkiest yarns are called bulky or super-bulky. The lightest and finest yarns are baby (sport) yarns and the very thin thread-like yarns used to make lace.

b. Sport Plus

The lightest and thinnest weight of yarn, it is often used for newborn layettes, fancy sweaters or socks. It's known as "baby" weight or _________ yarn.

b. Twine-type

d. Fingering

Yarn is usually not sold in balls, much to the dismay of kitties everywhere. It's sold as loosely coiled "ropes" or in wrapped oblongs. These units of yarn are known as:

b. Shanks and Skins

There are three main types of fiber that are used in knitting: synthetic, animal, and plant. Which of the following is a synthetic fiber commonly used to make yarn?

b. Acrylic

Knitting needles can be made at home using dowel rods or chopsticks.

Name three plant fibers that are used to create knitting yarn.

b. Mohair, cashmere and alpaca

d. Hemp, cotton and linen

A small sample of knitting is known as a _____ .

b. Swatch

d. Swath

Beginning knitting projects are created with combinations of two very simple stitches: knit and purl. When only knit stitches are used, the texture that's created looks rugged, ridged and knobby on BOTH sides and is quite sturdy. This is called the _______ stitch.

b. Girdle

d. Gridlock

Back to knit and purl. When knit and purl stitches are used in alternating sections in the same row, and the pattern is repeated in the following rows, a special stretchy effect is created that you often find on cuffs and hems.

b. Rib Stitch

A project made with this stitch pattern has bumps and ridges on the wrong side of the garment, and a smooth interlocked pattern of "v"s on the right side. Alternating rows of knit and purl stitches create this effect. What is this stitch pattern called?

c. Stockinette Stitch