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  • Saxony Frame Saxony Frame

    The design is typical of a frame from Saxony, Germany. A box rail with two drawers for holding needles is located in front of the bench and the frame includes decorative wooden inlay. The machine was presented to Leicester Museum in 1849 by John…

  • Shirt Hand Frame

    Originally from John Dovey's workshop in Calverton, Nottinghamshire. This wide frame was capable of producing a single piece of fabric for cut-up work or the manufacture of shirts. The machine has had three owners who each stamped their own mark on…

  • Historical Framework Knitters

    Historical sites of interest related to the East Midlands knitting industry.

  • Union Society of Framework Knitters

    Gravenor Henson, a Nottingham point net knitter, formed the Union Society of Framework Knitters in 1812.

  • The Worshipful Company of Framework Knitters

    After the death of William Lee in France around 1614, his brother and workmen returned to London to set up a framework knitting industry there.

  • Ruddington Framework Knitters

    The historical knitters museum in Nottingham.

  • Wigston Framework Knitters

    The historical knitters museum in Leicester.

  • Learning the Frames

    Duration 1 minute 40 seconds

  • Working the Frames

    Duration 3 minutes 26 seconds

  • From Hand Knitting to Frame Knitting

    To watch a length of yarn being converted into a piece of fabric by the manipulation of two, three or four knitting needles is to watch a very practical application of human ingenuity.

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