Framework Knitting: Shire Album 119

by Marilyn Palmer

The stocking frame was invented in the East midlands in the sixteenth century and knitted garments have been one of the main products of the region ever since. The frame was intended for use in the home and it was not until the nineteenth century that knitting became a factory industry, although some domestic framework knitting continued into the twentieth century. This book emphasises the visual evidence for the industry, much of which is now disappearing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0852636687
• ISBN13: 9780852636688
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Shire Publications
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.9" x 8.2"