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Knitting is going through a
renaissance but have you ever wondered how it all began?
Over the years
knitting has moved through the classes and sexes. The
ancient Greeks had been knitting for centuries but had no
single word for knitting, so translators have used the term
“weaving” to cover all forms of material production. It is
widely thought that Homer’s Penelope was supposed to have
“woven by day and unravelled by night”. It was more likely
that she was knitting fabric on a peg structure, not unlike
the knitting bobbin used by children today.....more |
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