I happened upon some knitting trivia that I found interesting and since so many people knit I thought others might find interesting as well. Knitting hasn't been around nearly as long as weaving and it is hard to establish when it started as the natural fibers used deteriorated over time, but it is thought to have begun around 1000 A.D. in Northern Africa. Knitting was a male only occupation to begin with. Wool is also fairly recent to knitting,cotton and silk were used initially. Knitting burns 55 calories per hour. For those of you who find it relaxing to knit and watch TV maybe it is time for you to try knitting while on stilts like the Landes swamp shepherds of France so they could knit while watching over their flocks,or perhaps you could run a marathon and knit like world record holder David Babcock who finished the Kansas City Marathon in 5 hours 48 minutes and 27 seconds while knitting a scarf 12 feet and 1 3/4 inches long!
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