what is knitting?
Knitting is where you use yarn to make fabrics or clothes and blankets with.
ok,  what is yarn?
Yarn is a type of strings interwoven with each other to make larger piece of string like rope to make textiles, Embroidery or like ropemaking.
ok, that is wonderful, so can knitting be done without yarn?
Knitting
Knitting is a method by which yarn is manipulated to create a textile or fabric, often used in many types of garments.
Knitting creates multiple loops of yarn, called stitches, in a line or tube. Knitting has multiple active stitches on the needle at one time. Knitted fabric consists of a number of consecutive rows of intermeshing of loops. As each row progresses, a newly created loop is pulled through one or more loops from the prior row, placed on the gaining needle, and the loops from
Yarn
Yarn is a long continuous length of interlocked fibres, suitable for use in the production of textiles, sewing, crocheting, knitting, weaving, embroidery, or ropemaking. Thread is a type of yarn intended for sewing by hand or machine. Modern manufactured sewing threads may be finished with wax or other lubricants to withstand the stresses involved in sewing. Embroidery threads are yarns specifically designed for needlework.
Etymology.
The word yarn comes from Middle English, from the Old English "gearn", akin to Old