- A
stocking frame was a
mechanical knitting machine used in the
textiles industry. It was
invented by
William Lee of
Calverton near
Nottingham in 1589....
- the
commercial manufacture of lace
during the
nineteenth century. The
stocking frame was a
mechanical weft-knitting
knitting machine used in the textile...
- be an
English clergyman. He was the
inventor who
devised the
first stocking frame knitting machine in 1589, the only one in use for centuries. Its principle...
- to the
stocking frame that
allowed the
production of
ribbed stockings.
Their machine became known as the
Derby Rib machine, and the
stockings it produced...
-
blast furnace had been used in
China since the 4th
century BC. The
stocking frame,
which was
invented in 1598,
increased a knitter's
number of
knots per...
-
Margaret Yeo, of London, in 1473. With the
invention in 1589 of the
stocking frame, an
early form of
knitting machine,
knitting "by hand"
became a craft...
-
protection against the
harsh weather encountered while out fishing. The
stocking frame or the
mechanical knitting machine was
invented in 1589 by
William Lee...
- the
Leavers machine. Most lace
machines stem from the weft-knitting
Stocking frame. The
Leavers machine is a
derivative of Heathcoat's 1809 Old Loughborough...
-
Brussels point lace.
These early machines were
modifications of the
stocking frame with an
additional warp beam. In 1795, the
machine was successfully...
- woollen, silk and
later cotton garments.
Hosiery was
knitted using a
stocking frame invented by
William Lee in the 1580s.
Until the 18th century, most garments...
