Mrs9000 is currently doing some crocheting which got me wondering...
How on earth do things like knitting, lacemaking, etc ever get invented/discovered?
For instance it’s a fairly straightforward intellectual process to come up with peeling a cow, and then inventing, say, lederhosen.
To invent woolly jumpers someone has to realise that you need to, firstly, fleece an animal, but not just any animal, only things like sheep will do. Then you need to discover that that the fleece can be processed in such a way as to produce a woollen yarn - again a process that requires a certain amount of ingenuity and dexterity. Having discovered wool you then need to discover that making a series of knots (utilising a pair of sticks) can result in creating a garment. Again, not just any series of knots - they have to be just right.
How did anybody ever actually invent that?
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But how did they figure it out....?
Same applies to many things- cheese "this milk has gone so off that it's set, smelly and has mound growing on it! Let's eat it!"
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My family have always been big on knitting. My nan used to knit loads of stuff. I lost count of how many cable knit jumpers I had for school.
My mum knits stuff for the kids now, and she's started teaching my eldest daughter to do it. She absolutely loves it, and has already knitted a scarf for one of her dolls.
I have no idea of the origins of knitting but I've always presumed it was just invented by bored nans.
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Ah, I see. The string vest is the Missing Link between nets and woolly jumpers.
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