Knitting seems to be making a comeback Knitting is “…a method by which thread or yarn may be turned into cloth. Knitting consists of loops called stitches pulled through each other. The active stitches are held on a needle until another loop can be passed through them.” from Wikipedia. One of the earliest known examples of knitting was a pair of finely decorated cotton socks found in Egypt in the end of the first millennium AD. However, the invention of the knitting machine made knitting “by hand” a useful but non-essential craft. Like quilting, spinning, and needlepoint, knitting became a social activity.
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