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Who invented knitting?

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14y ago

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No one person is credited with the invention of knitting, but it is considered an innovation. It started out as nailbinding, which seems to be resulting in a fabric much like that with twisted stitches.

See link below for an excellent article on the history of knitting.

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many countries claim origin and no one can prove theirs to be the first .. countries as china , India, Italy , Egypt, Jordan , etc etc claim to be the first .. the answer is no one knows

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No one person is credited with inventing knitting. There is proof of knitted pieces fround back over 3,000 yrs old. Maybe it was a throw off of netting used to catch fish. Possible.

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