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Madonna Knitting, by Bertram of Minden 1400-1410 1855 sketch of a shepherd knitting, while watching his flock The Knitting Woman by William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1869. Knitting is the process of using two or more needles to pull and loop yarn into a series of interconnected loops in order to create a finished garment or some other type of fabric.
Mee was one of the women who claimed to have invented crochet, and was a major figure in the popularization of various needlecrafts in the nineteenth century. [1] [2] [3] She is credited with publishing the first original English-language instructions for Tunisian crochet, which she called ""Crochet a la Tricoter", or "Crochet on a Knitting ...
Crochet (English: / k r oʊ ˈ ʃ eɪ /; [1] French: [2]) is a process of creating textiles by using a crochet hook to interlock loops of yarn, thread, or strands of other materials. [3] The name is derived from the French term crochet, which means 'hook'. [4]
Elizabeth Zimmermann (9 August 1910 – 30 November 1999) was a British-born hand knitting teacher and designer. She revolutionized the modern practice of knitting through her books and instructional series on American public television.
Because of the differences in how the fabrics are created, the first knitting machine was invented in Victorian times, while machine that can stitch a crochet fabric has yet to be produced. Although different methods, they can create similar projects using the same fibers and yarns.
The quatercentenary of the invention was celebrated in 1989 with the publication Four Centuries of Machine Knitting: Commemorating William Lee's Invention of the Stocking Frame in 1589, a book of historical studies on the evolution of knitting technologies and the history of the knitting economy.
This knitting mill is located on the site of the old gunpowder mill in Mansfield, Connecticut. 1840s: A machine shop is established at the Merrow mill to develop specialized machinery for the knitting operations. 1877: The world's first crochet machine is invented and patented by Joseph M. Merrow, then-president of the company.
Invented by Sarah Hauschka and first described in Beverly Galeskas’s booklet The Magic Loop, this technique uses a long circular knitting needle [6] (for instance 40 inches) to knit projects (of any circumference substantially less than the needle length) in the round. The key is pulling a loop of extra cable out between the stitches halfway ...