Fabric built one loop at a time on two or more needles, from a single continuous strand of yarn. Because the loops interlock rather than cross, knitted fabric stretches in every direction, which is why socks, sweaters and gloves are its native territory, and why the craft has never been fully displaced by the machine that mimics it. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Facts
Earliest Evidence (Circa)The earliest surviving true knitted pieces are cotton socks from Egypt, circa 11th century CE; earlier lookalike fabrics are nalbinding, made with a single needle 2 OriginSome fabric that looks knitted from before the eleventh century is not true knitting at all: it is nalbinding, a related single-needle technique worked in short lengths of yarn, which has repeatedly confused how old knitting itself really is. 2 OriginThe first commercial knitting guilds arose in Western Europe in the early fifteenth century, at Tournai in 1429 and Barcelona in 1496, roughly a century and a half before William Lee's 1589 invention of the stocking frame began to mechanize the craft. 1 Knitting
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Associated With
Cottagecore's own source names knitting alongside quilting and crochet as one of its central working pastimes.
Additional Source Cottagecore (Wikipedia)Crafts section
Knitted yarn-bombing is documented as one of craftivism's own named practices.
Additional Source Craftivism (Wikipedia)Methods section, on needlework forms and yarn-bombing
The largest knitting association in the United States, providing educational outreach and certification for knitters since 1984.
Has Figure
Source Elizabeth Zimmermann (Wikipedia)
Open Questions
Source History of Knitting (Wikipedia)
Tools Used
Knit Picker is used in Knitting.
Source Knitting Needle (Wikipedia)
Catalogued beside knitting for lack of a dedicated spinning entry in this atlas; the niddy-noddy skeins hand-spun yarn used across the fiber crafts, not knitting specifically.
Source Niddy-Noddy (Wikipedia)
Nostepinne is used in Knitting.
Sources
1. Knitting (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundationen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knitting, lead section
Knitting is the process of interlooping yarn to create textile fabric made of interconnected loops, done by hand, machine or both.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knitting, History and culture section
The first commercial knitting guilds appear in Western Europe in the early fifteenth century (Tournai in 1429, Barcelona in 1496).
View the Source 2. History of Knitting (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundationen.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_knittingQuote, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_knitting
earlier pieces appearing knitted were actually made using nålebinding, a different technique
Niddy-Noddy (Wikipedia)
Cottagecore (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Cottagecore, Crafts sectionQuote, Associated With: Cottagecore, Crafts section
Popular hobbies are often related to self-sufficiency including quilting, knitting and crochet.
Craftivism (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Craftivism, Methods section, on needlework forms and yarn-bombingQuote, Associated With: Craftivism, Methods section, on needlework forms and yarn-bombing
Craftivism includes, but is not limited to, various forms of needlework including yarn-bombing or cross-stitch.
Open Questions (1 open question)
Where and when was true knitting invented?
The earliest surviving true knitting is a group of finely worked cotton pieces from Egypt around the eleventh century CE, which are far too accomplished to be anyone's first attempts, so the craft must be older, yet nothing earlier survives: textiles rot, and the older sock-like finds once called knitting have been shown to be nalbinding, a different single-needle technique. Where the two-needle craft actually began, and how it reached Egypt, is genuinely unknown.
What would resolve this An earlier securely dated textile find identified as true knitting by loop structure, or documentary evidence locating the craft before the Egyptian pieces.
Textile archaeology, Conservation scienceHistory of Knitting (Wikipedia)
Frequently Asked Questions
When were the first knitting guilds founded?
The first commercial knitting guilds appeared in Western Europe in the early fifteenth century.
Commercial knitting guilds first appeared in Western Europe in the early fifteenth century, at Tournai in 1429 and Barcelona in 1496, roughly a century and a half before William Lee's 1589 invention of the stocking frame began to mechanize the craft.
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