Knit One Purl Two happens to be one of the most well known knitting terms, well known by non-knitters and knitters alike. The process of knitting has three basic tasks: (1) the active (unsecured) stitches must be held so they don't drop; (2) these stitches must be released sometime after they are secured; and (3) new bights of yarn must be passed through the fabric, usually through active stitches, thus securing them.
It doesn't care what month it is or what holiday is approaching, there is always something fun to knit. The strength of the spun yarn against breaking is determined by the amount of twist, the length of the fibers and the thickness of the yarn. This takes longer to dry and I suggest changing to a dry towel and flipping the sweater over so it dries quicker.
There is also the cooperative aspect to knitting. All knitting instructions use basically two stitches, the knit stitch and the purl stitch. There is a cylinder with slots for the needles in the machine and the needles have latches.
Even if you're a pretty proficient knitter, this isn't the time to learn a new technique or work with a skinny fingering-weight yarn that will take forever to knit up. You will have only one new stitch from two.
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