I had no idea how hard and how skilled lace making is, until I saw it demonstrated as a Cottage Industry on a British TV series on Amazon Prime. I think it was called Edwardian Farm, but it might have been Victorian Farm. Tudor Farm Manor was also good.
I'm sad I didn't catch this one on release! I have a similar fascination about how history goes in terms of the actual "cause/effect" of industrialization and mechanization of jobs. There's a lot of insight about how we get along after those changes, and still more about how to "end of the world-proof" ourselves. Early pre-industrial machines are probably one of my favorite things to look at, like the printing press as well, for example.
I wonder if we can make synthetic elephant tusk to wipe out the desire for real ones as happened with lace. Great that I can buy a needle oday that will fit a 1900 sewing machine.
And of course - essentially all of your modern T-shirts and similar knit fabrics - whether tubes or not when you see them - are made on essentially the same machine as a circular sock knitter. It's just scaled up to a few thousand needles at a finer pitch and the cam and yarn feed are repeated in several positions around the cylinder. It's a very good core machine.
i have to admit, as a knitter that makes very fine and complex knitted lace shawls, i cringed a little hearing you call it faux lace. i understand. i'm also a beginner bobbin lace maker... i know the difference in time between the two... but still, my knitting is TOO lace! *pout* XD
I had no idea how hard and how skilled lace making is, until I saw it demonstrated as a Cottage Industry on a British TV series on Amazon Prime. I think it was called Edwardian Farm, but it might have been Victorian Farm. Tudor Farm Manor was also good.
I'm sad I didn't catch this one on release!
I have a similar fascination about how history goes in terms of the actual "cause/effect" of industrialization and mechanization of jobs. There's a lot of insight about how we get along after those changes, and still more about how to "end of the world-proof" ourselves. Early pre-industrial machines are probably one of my favorite things to look at, like the printing press as well, for example.
Spoiler alert. Printing presses are on the docket. JB
I wonder if we can make synthetic elephant tusk to wipe out the desire for real ones as happened with lace. Great that I can buy a needle oday that will fit a 1900 sewing machine.
I would really like to see the progression of that 3d modeling and printing project.
I'm actually printing someone else's design at the moment. But ideally, I'd like to scan/ faithfully model one of the older machines. JB
@@GoodandBasic where’d you find the files?
Thingiverse. JB
And of course - essentially all of your modern T-shirts and similar knit fabrics - whether tubes or not when you see them - are made on essentially the same machine as a circular sock knitter. It's just scaled up to a few thousand needles at a finer pitch and the cam and yarn feed are repeated in several positions around the cylinder. It's a very good core machine.
Interesting about the origin of long stockings vs. long pants.
i have to admit, as a knitter that makes very fine and complex knitted lace shawls, i cringed a little hearing you call it faux lace. i understand. i'm also a beginner bobbin lace maker... i know the difference in time between the two... but still, my knitting is TOO lace! *pout* XD
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