At 11:50 24/11/2005, you wrote:
> the child's knitted vest and mitten, not a set as I
> remember, are 1300's. (Dated from the context of the
dig.)
> However, I will be making proper notes next week and
will pass them on.
The BBC has these as 1500's:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/4457602.stm
assuming these are the same knitted mitten and vest
you saw, Suzi, and not a different set. Also, if
these are, the vest is knitted?!? I can't tell that
from the photograph, and that (16th cen, let alone
14th!) would be excitingly early for a knitted
body-garment!
Yes, definitely knitted - I thought they were earlier, but if that is
what the Museum has put out for publicity, that will be right. I seem
to remember that the mitten and the vest were knitted at roughly the
same size of stitches. I will take notes, and pictures if possible,
next week when I revisit. In a social situation it was a bit
difficult to do more than scribble a few reminders.
Suzi
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