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My Craft Site |
| Welcome to "My Craft Site" which is a "work in progress" and primarily focuses on Knitting although there is information on Crochet and Plastic Canvas with a few Tips and Tricks. |
| Crochet | Plastic Canvas | Graphs/Charts | Machine Knitting |
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For the Curious |
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Early Origins of
Knitting an extract from the
Wikipedia free encyclopedia’s History of
Knitting, the complete article can be found at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_knitting Some people may believe that the craft was developed B.C., but this is strongly disputed today. It is believed that socks and stockings were the first pieces to be produced by techniques similar to knitting as they had to be shaped in order to fit the foot. Today it is known that these early socks were worked in Nålebinding. There exist numerous techniques of nalebinding, and some of them look very similar to true knitting. The first references to true knitting in Europe were in the early 14th century, although the first knitted socks from Egypt are older, some scholars dating them to the 11th century. At these early times, the purl stitch was unknown; in order to produce plain knitting it was necessary to knit in the round and then cut it open. The first reference to purl stitch dates from the mid-16th century, but the knowledge may have slightly preceded that. |
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Origins
of Crochet an extract from the
Wikipedia free encyclopedia’s History of
Crochet, the complete article can be found at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crochet Some theorize that crochet evolved from traditional practices in Arabia, South America, or China, but there is no decisive evidence of the craft being performed before its popularity in Europe during the 1800s. Many find it likely that crochet was in fact used by early cultures but that a bent forefinger was used in place of a fashioned hook. Beginning in the 1800s in Britain, America and France, crochet began to be used as a less costly substitute for other forms of lace. Hooks ranged from primitive bent needles in a cork handle, used by poor Irish lace workers, to expensively crafted silver, brass, steel, ivory and bone hooks set into a variety of handles, some of which were better designed to show off a lady's hands than they were to work with thread. By the early 1840s, instructions for crochet were being published in England, particularly by Eleanor Riego de la Branchardiere and Frances Lambert. |
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