Not quite right. Lee, who may or may not have been a Reverend, invented an honest to goodness knitting "Machine", not just a peg frame. It's amazing just how complicated the machine was. His machine knit flat. It was not a latch hook machine like modern ones.
I don't know how far back a circular stocking knitting machine goes. The frame knitters could be circular or flat but the gauge was coarse. There have been no extant knitting frames found from before 1600, darn it. But there is mention of a limit on the number of frames that could be utilized in a shop. Seems to be the best and/or only reference to knitting frames within SCA period. Julie ---- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The frame was invented by Reverend Lee in the late 16thC and > presented to Queen Elizabeth I for a patent. The story goes that she > refused, based on the fear it would put hand knitters out of > business. She did suggest that he should refine it to make fine-knit > silks. > > Lee died in poverty and his brother took the frame to France and > developed it further. So it was probably through the 17thC that > framework stockings began to be made in any quantity. By the early > 18th century, framework stockings were known, and handknits were > still being made. > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
