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Site  History of knitting  The actual origins of knitting are
hard to trace. Historic evidence of knitted pieces have been
found in several, diverse countries such as Egypt, England,
Holland, Scotland, Spain, Germany, and so on. Apparently, the
earliest evidence of knitted clothing found were fragments of
socks that were made in Egypt sometime between 1000 and 1300
A.D. But, even this is disputed since some scholars say that
these socks were not knitted but were the result of naalebinding
(another fabric making technique).  The first trade union
devoted to knitting professionals was founded in 1527 in Paris.
It was originally a male-only occupation but soon became a
household activity when knitted stockings became extremely
popular. Apparently, by the lates 1600's between one and two
million of these knitted stockings were exported from Britain to
various parts of Europe.  Socks and stockings seem to be the
earliest pieces of knitted clothing beca