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

ANSWER: knitting [accept knitwear or knits; prompt on fashion or making textiles, fabric, or clothing; reject “sewing” or “weaving”]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Todd MaslykMichigan AMichigan B6610
Ciaran Strimaitis (DII)Kenyon A (UG)Michigan State C (UG)72-5
Ciaran Strimaitis (DII)Kenyon A (UG)Michigan State C (UG)72-5
Aswath Karai (DII)Michigan State AOhio State A (UG)72-5
Ariel FaederPitt AOhio State B (DII)10510
Sophia Taylor (DII)Michigan D (DII)Kenyon B (DII)10810
OliverCWRU CCWRU D112-5
Ni Kundargi (DII)Michigan State B (UG)Michigan C (UG)11210
Kara Braun (DII)Michigan State C (UG)Kenyon A (UG)11810
Kara Braun (DII)Michigan State C (UG)Kenyon A (UG)11810
Roxanne Tang (UG)Ohio State A (UG)Michigan State A1340