I have no idea how to knit, do you knit?
I do a bit.  It can be done by hand or by using a machine.  I can only hand knit.
I've seen people doing what they call arm knitting with really big yarn
Yes I saw that! Never tried it though. Its only a new thing, I think it gained popularity during 2013/14.
It looks really neat - but i have no idea where to buy yarn that big.  My grandmother tried to teach me to knit once, but it did not go well
lol it definitely takes practice.   There are so many needle sizes, stitch types, fibre types to figure out and with me the finished product always ends up too big no matter how well I follow the pattern.
I love the blankets that she made for us before she passed - they are very warm and pretty
and they last for years I bet.  
Yes, i've got one i've had since I was born 45 years ago and a few even older than that
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
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In the past some people have used this event as a means to show the general public that ‘not only grannies knit!’. Knit in Public Day is really about showing the general public that knitting can be a community activity in a very distinct way. In some places there are many different knitting groups that never interact with each other, on Knit in Public Day they come together in