Question

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 to incorporate colorwork in this craft, which can be done by hand using English (10[1])or Continental methods. (10[2])Linda (10[1])Muir designed the guernseys made from this craft (-5[1])worn in Robert Egger’s film The Lighthouse. A purl is a basic stitch in this craft for creating patterns like stockinette and cable. (-5[1])For 10 points, jumpers and pullovers are often made in what craft (-5[1])by interlacing yarn loops (10[1])with needles? (10[1])■END■ (10[2]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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Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt (D2)NYU ATexas A8010
Claire Bennett (UG)Vassar AMissouri8310
Parker Knudson (D2)Texas CColorado College8310
Jackson Hopper (UG)Mississippi StateWUSTL A8410
Zaid Asif (D2)NYU BOregon State92-5
Dylan Dexter (D2)Ole MissVassar B115-5
Owen Gilroy (D2)Texas BIowa127-5
Abbie Ahlbrandt (D2)ArkansasTexas D13110
Roan DowlingIowaTexas B13310
Mitchell Hackett (D2)Central OklahomaMcGill E13410
Brynn JonesOregon StateNYU B1340
Thomas Doyle (UG)Vassar BOle Miss13410