Hi Jane, I thought I remembered them saying the stockinette machines at Hurt's were from the 16th C (I still find it amazing they are still working after four centuries) -- they were definitely English. I know that the machine-knitting industry started under Queen Elizabeth because she was the monarch who gave them such a hard time. One machine was taken to France, put back together and copied, while England was suppressing the industry. But people have given better references to all that already. But I'm positive that the Hurt machines were English.
Nancy Ashford, CT USA On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 4:52 AM Jane Partridge <mous...@live.co.uk> wrote: > ... I would be interested to know which country the 1590 machine Nancy > referred to was in, as England at the time had a Queen, not a King.... > - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
