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"S Viemeister" wrote in message ...

On 01/03/2021 17:08, Ophelia wrote:
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> "S Viemeister"Â wrote in message ...
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> On 01/03/2021 15:03, Sheldon Martin wrote:
>> On Mon, 1 Mar 2021 14:27:50 +0000, S Viemeister
>> > wrote:
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>>> On 01/03/2021 14:17, Sheldon Martin wrote:
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>>>> There's but one good use for lamb, lamb's wool garments are worth many
>>>> times more than their meat.
>>>
>>> Not to the shepherd. I know quite a few shepherds, and it can cost as
>>> much to shear the sheep, as the price they receive for the fleece.
>>> Cleaned, dyed, spun, packaged and promoted wool yarn _is_ expensive,
>>> though.

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>> Not expensive when the shepherd does it.

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> It's expensive in time, when you raise sheep for a living.
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>> A lot of very
>> good knitters have to pay someone to put the parts of a garment
>> together.

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> True. When I ran a knit shop, we took in loads of garments for assembly
> and blocking.
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>> A lot of people use knitting machines but that's not
>> knitting, it's weaving.

> I also taught knitting, both hand and machine. I know how to weave, and
> I own looms. Machine knitting isn't weaving.
> Knitting machines aren't new, they've been around since the _1500s_ -
> they used to be called stocking frames, and what was produced on them
> was called frame knitting (NOT weaving!).
> I used to give presentations on various needlecrafts and their histories
> at museums, church groups, and schools.
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>  I used to do something similar. I still have my spinning wheel
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Did your museum(s) have any early examples of stocking frames?

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No idea. I never had any)