Did you know...
Jun. 17th, 2003 08:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
msfledermausThat knitting in japan was predominately taken up by samurai?
You heard me.
Samurai knitters.
I'm not making this up. (For a change.) I was online checking out the history of knitting because I kept wondering, "Who the hell came UP with this stuff, hah?"
Most of the links thought it started in the Middle East and possibly Egypt.
But when it moved to Japan, brought by possibly the Portuguese trading vessels, eventually the best knitters in the empire were the Samurai...who made tabi socks, belts, scabbards, ropes, and...underwear.
I'll have to put the link up later; I'm running kind of late this morning.
But if you type "History of Knitting" in a search engine, you can find the info there too.
Heh, Samurai knitting circles....*grins hugely*
You heard me.
Samurai knitters.
I'm not making this up. (For a change.) I was online checking out the history of knitting because I kept wondering, "Who the hell came UP with this stuff, hah?"
Most of the links thought it started in the Middle East and possibly Egypt.
But when it moved to Japan, brought by possibly the Portuguese trading vessels, eventually the best knitters in the empire were the Samurai...who made tabi socks, belts, scabbards, ropes, and...underwear.
I'll have to put the link up later; I'm running kind of late this morning.
But if you type "History of Knitting" in a search engine, you can find the info there too.
Heh, Samurai knitting circles....*grins hugely*
