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Stocking frame

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. Its use, known traditionally as framework knitting, was the first major stage in the mechanisation of the textile industry, and played an important part in the early history of the Industrial Revolution.…

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LondonNottinghamshireLeicesterWorshipful Company of Framework KnittersLace
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Influence on the Industrial Revolution

Richard ArkwrightCromfordWater frameBelperMilford
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Early history

FranceSilk
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Derby Rib machine

Lace making

Folklore and legend

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Stocking frame

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Edges59
Triples75
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.033333
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Stocking frame

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related to Lace making · 19
Stocking frame → Betts, Frost's, Hammond, Harvey, He, Here, In, Lacey, Lyon, Messrs Morris, New, On, Paris, Partial, The, This, To, Valenciennes, With
related to United States · 13
Stocking frame → Albany, America, Chester, English, German, In, New York, Pennsylvania, Stocking, The, Thirteen Colonies, Timothy Baily, United States
related to Continental Europe · 8
Stocking frame → By, England, Europe, Following William Lee’s, France, In France, Lyon, Paris
related to England · 8
Stocking frame → Around, By, England, Following William Lee’s, Leicester, London, Nicholas Alsop, Nottinghamshire
related to Folklore and legend · 7
Stocking frame → Consider, It, Master Lee, One, Queen Elizabeth, Thou, William Lee
related to Scotland · 7
Stocking frame → By, Dumfries, Hawick, In, Lowlands, Scotland, The
related to Decline · 6
Stocking frame → As, Changing, Later, Technological, The, This
see also · 5
Stocking frame → Act, Company, Framework Knitters, LuddismProtection, Stocking Frames

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stocking frame frames machine needles knitting lee framework france century lace nottingham early needle bar used cotton england silk knitters

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Lyoninstance ofparticularly in textile centres0.80text
Parisinstance ofparticularly in textile centres0.80text
Stocking framerelated to Continental EuropeFollowing William Lee’s0.60section
Stocking framerelated to Continental EuropeFrance0.60section
Stocking framerelated to Continental EuropeEurope0.60section
Stocking framerelated to Continental EuropeEngland0.60section
Stocking framerelated to Continental EuropeIn France0.60section
Stocking framerelated to Continental EuropeLyon0.60section
Stocking framerelated to Continental EuropeParis0.60section
Stocking framerelated to Continental EuropeBy0.60section
Stocking framerelated to DeclineAs0.60section
Stocking framerelated to DeclineChanging0.60section

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