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This craft was used for a set of “Poor Boy” items bought in every color by Audrey Hepburn and designed by Sonia Rykiel. The fashion house Missoni worked with a “flammata” form of this craft on Raschel machines to create colorful zigzag designs popular in the 1960s. Apocryphally, designs in this craft were used to identify dead fishermen in the Aran Islands. Fair (10[1])Isle (-5[1])is one technique to incorporate colorwork in this craft, (10[1])which can be done by hand using English or Continental methods. Linda Muir designed the guernseys (-5[1])made from this craft worn in Robert Egger’s film The Lighthouse. A purl is a basic stitch in this craft (10[1])for creating patterns (10[2])like stockinette and cable. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, (10[1])jumpers and pullovers are often made in what craft by interlacing yarn loops with needles? (0[1])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: knitting [accept knitwear or knits; prompt on fashion or making textiles, fabric, or clothing; reject “sewing” or “weaving”]
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Julia AppelTufts AMIT A6210
Sohum SukhatankarHarvard AYale A63-5
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Will ZhangTufts BYale C88-5
Jem BurchYale BDiamond Brandeis10810
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Graham CloseBoston University ABoston University B11810
Jiayi LiaoYale CTufts B1330
William BarashBrandeises BrewCarabrandeis13410
William OrrYale AHarvard A13410