knitting frame
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Mansfield had a cottage industry, which by 1800 consisted of around 700 knitting frames.

The breaking of such knitting frames - machinery invented two centuries before - had been going on for nearly a century.

The factory contains examples of knitting frames from the 17th century.

In 1844, there were 423 knitting frames in Whitwick and by this time, the cottage industry had been in decline for some years.

Since the invention of the knitting frame by local William Lee, the county, in particular Nottingham, became synonymous with the lace industry.

Knitting frames (boards, rings and spools)

Around this time William Iliffe changed the whole economy of the area by introducing the first knitting frame to Hinckley in 1640.

Negley Harte William Lee and the Invention of the Knitting Frame.

In 1855, Thomas Corah & Sons had 2000 knitting frames, making it one of the largest hosiery firms in the country.

Born in Barlestone, Leicestershire he trained as a framesmith and first produced garments on a knitting frame on his farm.

He bought a knitting frame for the substantial sum of £60 and set it up in his house, thought to be located at the top of Castle Street.

The knitting frame was invented in the 17th Century by the Rev William Lee in nearby Calverton.

In 1832, it is recorded that there were some 33,000 knitting frames in use in the Midlands, of which the majority - 11,200, were in Leicestershire.

In 1779, either after being whipped for idleness, or after being taunted by local youths, he smashed two knitting frames in what was described as a "fit of passion".

From breaking knitting frames at the start of the Industrial Age to breaking into mainframes and PC's in the Information Age - you just can't keep old Ned Ludd down.

The Luddites, a group of anti-technology workers, united under the name "Ludd" in March 1811, removing key components from knitting frames, raiding houses for supplies, and petitioning for trade rights while threatening greater violence.

The factory in Bond Street spun wool sourced in England and later New Zealand and in 1861 two steam engines named 'Juno' and 'Jupiter' were installed to operate new 'Brookhouse' knitting frames.

In the evening Her Royal Highness attended a Banquet at the Guildhall given by the Worshipful Company of Framework Knitters to celebrate the 400th Anniversary of the invention of the Knitting Frame by William Lee.

During this time I had my first experience with a knitting machine.

Further, the knitting machine has been a key development in manufacturing technology.

Another morning was spent helping out with the knitting machines.

It is 40 years ago this summer since I bought my first knitting machine.

I bought a knitting machine just to have something to do."

The woman sitting at the knitting machine was similarly her own and nobody else's.

I found my knowledge of pattern making helped a lot with the knitting machine concept.

No, it was the knitting machines sending messages to one another.

I asked Dang if she knew anything on the subject of knitting machines.

"This bank here was just like a knitting machine," Prudence said.

Have you ever tried weaving with your knitting machine?

Knitting machines work an entire row of loops in a single movement.

A year later she bought a second-hand knitting machine and set up shop.

Any design to the knitting machine itself and this affects the way in which the fabric is actually created.

One of the popular reasons for buying a knitting machine is to be able to knit very quickly.

She sat at that knitting machine of hers with her back to the window, unable to see who was coming to the door.

This came quite naturally, I hadn't even thought about the gender of a knitting machine.

But the fully-fashioned frame knitting machine, the British made the best in the world.

This way one feels much more invigorated when returning to the knitting machine.

Our automatic knitting machine, for example, has full orders for the next five years.

Like a number of other mill owners, he spent $450,000 to buy four knitting machines two years ago.

"I sacrificed my knitting machine for the crib, and the computer station.

Sara Lee doesn't run knitting machines to sell fabric to other companies.

The margins are higher, not lower, than they will be after the knitting machines are sold.

I'm sure my knitting machine can read my mood.