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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 (-5[1])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 Isle is one technique to incorporate colorwork in this craft, which can (10[1])be done by hand using English (-5[1])or Continental methods. (-5[1])Linda Muir (10[1])designed the guernseys made from this craft worn in Robert Egger’s film The Lighthouse. (-5[1])A purl is a (10[1])basic stitch in this craft for creating patterns like stockinette and cable. For 10 points, jumpers and pullovers (-5[1])are often made (10[1])in (10[1])what craft by interlacing (-5[1])yarn loops with needles? (10[2])■END■ (10[3]0[2])

ANSWER: knitting [accept knitwear or knits; prompt on fashion or making textiles, fabric, or clothing; reject “sewing” or “weaving”]
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