There was a time when knitting machines made for home use were all the
rage. They're still available, but not as many people that I know seem
to be interested in them, preferring their knitting the "old fashioned"
way. Still, back when the machines were something of a novelty, there
was a basic machine (made by "Bond" as I recall), that simply knitted.
Any color work, cables, increases or decreases, etc., all had to be made
by hand. So, people who made a garment on the Bond knitting machine
were allowed to enter it to be judged in the same category as
hand-knits. But things made on the computerized machines were not
allowed in the same class for judging.
Does that shed any light on the subject? You probably know more about
this than I do!
Clay
On 5/2/2011 12:35 PM, Adele Shaak wrote:
However, if the price of the item was based on it being hand-made, and
it wasn't, for sure I would make a fuss :)
I agree. Some people will still think it must be hand-made because the label
says so, but some people will think anything.
Years ago I saw a beautiful wool sweater that was labelled "Hand-Knit in Wales". Now,
I've worked a knitting machine and I know the difference it makes to the way a piece of knitting
feels when compared with the same yarn knit by hand. So I turned to the saleswoman and said
"Hand-knit?" with raised eyebrows. She immediately pointed out that although it *was*
machine-knit, it was *also* hand-knit because a human hand had worked the knitting machine. I'm
still wrapping my brain around that one.
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