what is knitting?
Knitting is where you use yarn to make fabrics or clothes and blankets with.
ok,  what is yarn?
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
Slip-stitch knitting
Slip-stitch knitting is a family of knitting techniques that use slip stitches to make multiple fabrics simultaneously, to make extra-long stitches, and/or to carry over colors from an earlier row.
Basic methods.
In the basic slip stitch the stitch is passed from the left needle to the right needle without being knitted. The yarn may be passed invisibly "behind" the slipped stitch (wyib="with yarn in back") or "in front" of the slipped stitch (wyif="with yarn in