Ah, but I mentioned yesterday that I have a friend who has a circular wooden Frame on which she makes no- seam stockings for herself and her man. She was working on a pair at Christmas time. Her era for reenactment is the 18th century. As a spinner and weaver, she is very fussy to maintain traditional fiber arts for her time period. This frame method can even manipulate the turning of a heel.
Now I do not know how early this style of knitting was known, but the concept is basically simple and could have been fashioned by any cottage crafter as a means of producing leg wear, hats and neck scarves. Kathleen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Kocian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 1:47 AM Subject: Re: [h-cost] Re: knitting stockings > Kathleen said, > >I have a friend who "does" 18th Century. She is currently knitting > >stockings on a wooden frame about 8" diameter. This is set with > >wooden pegs and the fiber is worked in much the same manner as the > >Knitty-knobby one might use to make cording. She says that one can > >even turn a heel!! > > People have been looking for info on this as an early practice. > "Frame knit" stockings in the 18th century meant they were made on a > machine that was invented by Reverend Lee in the 16thC. There is a > small item that may have been used as a frame to knit purses, but no > evidence yet on peg frames being used for stockings. > > -Carol > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
