Follow this unwieldy link to the V&A collection of knitted crafts. An extraordinary collection and worth checking out:
http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/fashion/features/knitting/objects/index.php?action=&hits=&page=&pages=&object_type=&country=&start_year=&end_year=&object=&artist=&maker=
The 16th century gloves knit in red silk and silver caught my imagination.
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