History of Knitting | WE ARE KNITTERS

Knitting has a rich and varied past - well beyond what most people would expect. This history has allowed knitting to survive through the ages and also to evolve in a way that has kept it a relevant and practiced skill.

[@brennanhuard966]

You showed crochet items at the begining of this knitting video. Similar but not the same craft albeit both equally satisfying.

[@csherma7]

The early knit socks were cotton. I think you may have confused knitting with naalbinding in your research. (I've done the same thing, don't worry.) Richard Rutt published 'A History of Hand Knitting' and it is fabulous resource for early knitting. Great Channel reference!

[@robyn3349]

I just started my fifth pair of Covid socks, knitting as meditation.

[@LionDEmil]

Me too hahaha started last week. Still at my first sock. Trying different styles. XD

[@petermatten3315]

Knitting was very common in the navy, the men knitted their own socks and sweaters, ect.,

[@solshine2510]

There are so many resources online to enhance such video, like fragments of knitted textiles from thousands years ago, or complete, often very intricately woven garments from hundreds of years ago, preserved in museums, showing the unbelievable level of craftmanship.

[@kaugusta1]

Hmmm. A little condescending of Grandma's "funky sweaters" and knitting "hobby"! My grandmother knit beautiful cardigans and pullovers, and her talent was not unique among her generation (1900's - 1990's). Her "hobby" provided clothing that was strong, warm, lovely to look at, and made with love :)

[@Joyride37]

Yeah it’s sad the art of making the very clothes we wear that allow us to express ourselves and keep us from dying of exposure to the elements is reduced and talked about as a quaint “hobby”

[@premgarjan6197]

so cool to see a man promoting this art. here in Brazil it seems to be a mostly female hobby.

[@catic15]

There's a fascinating video you might enjoy - it's on RUclips, so easy to access - "Shetland knitters really did knit 200 stitches a minute!" Thecwoman who put it together has actual film footage from the very early 1900s showing just how fast women in some cultures could knit, and she does an excellent analysis of knitting techniques used back when it was a major part of the economy in the Shetland Islands.

[@crazyviking24]

I am working on a beanie and a scarf right now.

[@lesleeherschfus707]

Abraham Lincoln knew how to knit

[@gailgaddy5340]

Very interesting 🤔

[@asamelvin1919]

WOW!!! I knew knitting has history, BUT, I never would have guessed it went as far back as Egyptian times. Just think for a moment, socks and the great pryamids. Holy Mackerel!!! Totally mind bending!!! Now I wonder If knitting could have been done even further back in history??? Thanks Cassandra Sherman for the title of the book referencing knitting history, I most definitely will be checking into that one... And I need to find out what naalbinding is anyway!!! A rather Large Thank you to the folks at We Are Knitters for this (& their other) informative and Fun video(s)!!! ; >

[@jordansmithson9602]

It's really hard to tell when humans first started knitting because natural fibers like wool and plant material decompose. But it is really awesome to think of how far back that skill goes. When I knit, I am performing the same act that humans have been doing for thousands of years... with practically the same tools.

[@patriciadiel2872]

I always remember the ancient knitted doll made from wooly mammoth fiber - I read about in Piecework Magazine

[@joannathesinger770]

Well...types of drop spindles made out of stones have been found in Neolithic settlements...and there's only one thing they were used for...spinning wool, hair, and other fibers into yarn. Stone aged people were definitely making yarn, so it seems reasonable that they were somehow crafting said yarn into fabrics...either by weaving or knitting...or perhaps felting. Looms or knitting needles were likely made of wood, so we will never know how they did it...because those items would have decayed along with the garments/fabrics made.

[@gailgaddy5340]

You did show some crocheted item among the knitted hmmmm 🤔🤔🤔

[@WildSnake117]

Lovely scarf Tom.

[@thebluedot4728]

what is being used at 1:24-1:39?

[@louishaslam4179]

That’s a knitting machine 😑🙄

[@charlesclarkii1549]

I must say, for a story that complete glazes over any history of knitting with males in it, I find it odd that they would choose a male narrator.

[@sophroniel]

Is this guy a New Zealander???

[@jasmineturner8107]

Sophia Neilsson nah he’s not speaking fast enough 😂

[@doloresaponteramos3491]

Crochet is not knitting!!!

[@icecreamcats5723]

Chill

[@dianamars3605]

Stopped watching the moment crochet pieces were shown.

[@adamarlem9863]

History Document,men knitting--EXO28,32"coat of mail that it not be rent.."🧶🧶🧶

[@robyn3349]

I just started my fifth pair of Covid socks, knitting as meditation.