Arontius of Bygelswade

.....Having a thousand channels of T.V. to watch always seems like a useless way to spend the day. But every now and then something cool shows up, like this show on the History Channel devoted to inventions of the Tudor era. I hadn't realized that the knitting machine as a concept was invented in 1589. It was rather intricate, and looks an awful lot like the contraption my grandmother's friend had in her living room when I was young. Who would have figured?

......Gives you a new appreciation for those ridiculous stockings that the Elizabethans wore. It took two days of solid knitting for one pair of those things. And we're talking two complete days. Although I suppose all of those knitters out there reading this are clucking in exasperation over the shear stupidity of that statement! Of course it takes freakin' forever to knit a set of stockings, especially knee level or higher! :-)

.....I'm rather glad that my tastes are NOT in the Elizabethan period. :-) I'll leave that for TBT. :-)

.....Aaron / Arontius.