Knit Basics

Knitting is one of the earliest methods devised to form yarn into fabric and garments. Evidence of techniques and various materials, including cotton, traces back to 1000 B.C. with the origin of knitting suggested by historian Richard Rutt to have been in Egypt. The knitted stockings from Egypt dating back to approximately the 12th century already show a complexity in techniques that suggests knitting had existed for some time even before these stockings.

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Knitting became more common in the 15th century when it spread throughout Europe. Worn for comfort and style, hand-knitted fabrics became so popular that by 1488, the British Parliament controlled the price of knitted caps. Henry VIII was the first monarch to wear fitted knit stockings instead of loose trousers, and Queen Elizabeth I, who preferred stockings knit of silk, encouraged the formation of knitting guilds in England.

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