Knitting is similar in origin to weaving and to the
netting and knotting of fishnets and snares. The
Scots claimed its invention and also its introduction into France.
Hand-knitting needles are of bone, wood, steel, ivory, or celluloid.
Two needles with heads are required for flat or selvage work; three or
more, pointed at both ends, for tubular work such as hose; and for larger
tubular work, a circular needle. The first knitting machine, invented
in England in 1589 by William Lee, was refused a patent by Queen Elizabeth
on the grounds that it would curtail the work of hand knitters.
In 1864, William Cotton
patented a machine by which garments and the heels and toes of hosiery
might be shaped. Automatic machines were first introduced in 1889.
In weft knitting, which includes hand knitting, the fabric is
constructed in horizontal courses with one continuous yarn. The basic
stitches are the plain, purl, and rib.
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