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| The earliest knitted garment that archeologists have found is a wool Arab sock. Scraps of knitted fabric have been found in Egyptian tombs. Moorish traders, while in Spain, taught the Spaniards how to knit. After that, the craze spread across Europe. In the Middle Ages, Spain and Britain were prominent producers of wool. In England, during the Middle Ages, knitting guilds were composed entirely of men. Elizabeth 1 had her ladies-in-waiting knit woolen stockings for her. The first knitting frame was completed in 1589 by Rev. William Lee. Sheep came to the New World thanks to Columbus. Spanish Conquistadors introduced wool to the Navajo Indians of Mexico who wove their symbols into beautiful woolen blankets. Cables were once known as rope stitch. Hits and Misses are our double moss stitch. In some countries, knitting needles are called 'pins'. |
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