Knitting is not really ancient, as having been around during Jesus' time. Naalbinding, the predecessor to knitting, was developed much earlier than that (and may be a few thousand years old). Knitting as we know it (involving two needles and pulling loops through loops) was first seen around 1000 AD. (http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEspring06/FEAThistory101.html This is a pretty good article on the history of knitting. I could wish it was footnoted, however.)
I have heard the legend of the reason for the soldiers throwing lots for Jesus' garment as being the weave was so fine, that it was worth quite a bit more if they kept it all in one piece, rather than dividing it up. While it is more time consuming to weave something in the round without a seam, it would be quite possible to do with the technology they had in the first century. And the fact that it is more time consuming to weave in the round would lend credence to the thought that it was an extremely valuable piece of cloth. Ob lace content: I am very close to being 3/4 way through a 4" by 8" piece of reticello lace who's pattern comes from the 1500's. It's only taken me two years to get here. Considering I've not had a person teaching me, so every improvement is "reinventing the wheel", I'm pretty pleased with the progress I'm making. Bronwen On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Louise <humem...@verizon.net> wrote: > I remember reading, so long ago I have no idea where, that knitting is > ancient. It was said that the reason the soldiers threw lots for Jesus' > seamless garment was that they could not devide it because it was > knitted and would ravel if cut. > Louise in Central Virginia > > - > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: > unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to > arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: > http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 > -- Per pale argent and purpure, two phoenixes counterchanged sable and argent each rising from flames proper. "It is sometimes the most fragile things that have the power to endure and become sources of strength." - May Sarton "Only a life lived in the service to others is worth living."- Albert Einstein "Out of clutter, find Simplicity. From discord, find Harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity." - Albert Einstein "And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." - Anais Nin "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined." - Henry David Thoreau -- Per pale argent and purpure, two phoenixes counterchanged sable and argent each rising from flames proper. "It is sometimes the most fragile things that have the power to endure and become sources of strength." - May Sarton "Only a life lived in the service to others is worth living."- Albert Einstein "Out of clutter, find Simplicity. From discord, find Harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity." - Albert Einstein "And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." - Anais Nin "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined." - Henry David Thoreau - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
