A stocking frame was a mechanical knitting machine used in the textiles industry. It was invented by William Lee in 1589. It was the first major stage in the mechanisation of the textile industry. This article is about the type of fabric. ... Events Rebellion of the Catholic League against King Henry III of France, in revenge for his murder of Duke Henry of Guise. ...
The machine imitated the movements of hand knitters. Lee demonstrated the operation of the device to Queen Elizabeth I, hoping to obtain a patent, but Elizabeth refused, fearing the effects on hand-knitting industries. The original frame had 8 needles to the inch, which produced only coarse fabric. Lee later improved the mechanism with 20 needles to the inch. By 1598 he was able to knit stockings from silk, but was again refused a patent. Lee moved to France with his workers and his machines, but was unable to sustain his business. He died in Paris c.1614. Most of his workers returned to England with their frames, which were sold in London. Elizabeth I Queen of England and Ireland Queen of France, nominal title Elizabeth I (September 7, 1533–March 24, 1603) was Queen of England and Queen of Ireland from November 17, 1558 until her death. ... Events April 5 - In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe. ...
The commercial failure of Lee's design might have led to a dead-end for the knitting machine, but John Ashton, one of Lee's assistants, made a crucial improvement by adding the mechanism known as a "divider". The improved frame was a success. Frames were bought by entrepreneurs who rapidly expanded the mechanised hosiery trade.
A legend later developed that Lee had invented the first machine in order to get revenge on a girlfriend who had preferred to concentrate on her knitting rather than attend to him. A painting illustrating this story was once displayed in the Stocking Framer's Guild hall in London. In 1846 the Victorian artist Alfred Elmore produced a variation on the story in his popular painting The Invention of the Stocking Loom, in which Lee is depicted pondering his idea as he watches his wife knitting (Nottingham Castle Museum). Alfred Elmore (1815-1881) was a Victorian history and genre painter. ...
The invention of the stocking knitting frame by William Lee is one such invention.
Stockings, or hose, were universally worn in Tudor England instead of trousers or pants, being tied to the bottom of the pantaloons (hence the word pants), as we can see from any picture of Tudor men's clothing.
A stockingframe was a mechanical knitting machine used in the textiles industry.
The joy gingerbread holiday stocking holders have a red heart on top of the J, a candy star on top of the O and a peppermint on top of the Y. The candy decorations on top of the letters in the joy gingerbread holiday stocking holders are attached to springs, so they wiggle and move.
The snowman Christmas stocking hangers have a snowman wearing a green scarf with drops of snow and white fringe and a clear, large floppy hat.
The double snowman Christmas stocking holders shows one snowman wearing a red and gold striped scarf with green fringe and a stocking cap and the other snowman wearing a blue scarf with gold spots and white fringe and a large floppy hat.
Feeds |
Contact