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These are made by interlocking of series of loops made from one or more yarns,
with each row of loops caught into the preceding row. Hand Knitting probably
originated from among the nomads of the Arabian Desert in about 1000 BC and
spread from Egypt to Spain, France and Italy. By the later Middle ages,
knitting guilds were established in Paris and Florence.
Heavily cabled and knotted fabrics, embroidered with brightly colored patterns
were produced by Austria and Germany. Several Dutch knitters went to Denmark to
teach Danish women the Dutch skills. Later in 1589, with invention of the
Knitting Machine, the craft of hand knitting became less important. Of course,
the production of yarns for hand knitting has remained an important branch of
the Textile industry till the present day.
The Frame Knitting machine allowed production of a complete row of loops at one
time. And it is from this simple device that the modern Knitting industry, with
its highly sophisticated machinery has grown.
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