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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 (10[1])designs popular in the 1960s. Apocryphally, designs in this craft were used to identify dead fishermen in the Aran Islands. (-5[1])Fair Isle is one technique (10[1])to incorporate colorwork in this craft, which (-5[1])can be done by hand using English or Continental methods. Linda Muir designed the guernseys made (10[1])from this craft (-5[1])worn in Robert Egger’s film The Lighthouse. A purl is a basic stitch in this (10[1])craft (-5[1])for creating patterns like stockinette (10[1])and cable. For 10 points, jumpers and pullovers are often made in (10[1])what craft by interlacing yarn loops with needles? (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

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