A knitting machine is a device used to create knitted fabrics in a semi- or fully-automated fashion. Knitting machines range from simple templates with no moving parts to sophisticated mechanisms with electronic controls, and can produce a wide variety of knitted fabrics, flat or tubular, of varying complexity. Pattern selection can be done by hand manipulation of the needles, by mechanical punch-card selection, or by fully computerized control. This entity is distinct from the live craft entity Knitting: Knitting is the practiced hand craft itself, worked with hand needles, while the knitting machine is the device built to do that work in an automated fashion.
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Introduced When (Circa)The stocking frame, the first knitting machine, was built by the English inventor William Lee in 1589. 1 OriginEarly stocking frames used low-carbon-steel bearded needles whose tips could be reflexed and depressed to close the loop, the mechanical basis of the first knitting machines. 2 Connections
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1. William Lee (inventor) (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundationbiographical note on the dating of the inventionQuote, biographical note on the dating of the invention
that he invented the framework stocking knitter in 1589 is not in doubt
2. Knitting Machine (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationMechanism section, early stocking frame sentence
Early flat bed stocking frames had low carbon steel bearded needles where the tips were reflexed and could be depressed onto a hollow closing the loop.
Used In: Knitting, Lead section
A knitting machine is a device used to create knitted fabrics in a semi or fully automated fashion.
In Group: Knitting Tools and Knitting Machines, Lead section
A knitting machine is a device used to create knitted fabrics in a semi or fully automated fashion.
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