Episode 32: A Select History of Early Knitting Machines

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You probably have heard of sewing machines...but did you know that there are also knitting machines? Knitting machines are used to make accessories and garments at home and in factories. They can be very simple--a cardboard tube and some popiscle sticks--or extremely complex.

In this episode, we share the early history of knitting looms, including...

A simple knitting machine you can make at home
The earliest knitting machine, which peacefully coexisted with handknitters
The true story of the Luddites (they actually used knitting machines!)
The connection between knitting machines and the first computers, as well as Ada Lovelace, Charles Babbage, and Joseph-Marie Jacquard, early computer/knitting programmers
The story of knitting machine inventor Masahiro Shima, who invented the first glove knitting machine after a week of no sleep!

Grab your favorite handcraft and listen in for fun facts to text to your crafting bestie.

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