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Wolsey vest
Throughout the last four hundred years knitted fashions have continued to evolve and new types of garment and material have been introduced. Gaiters, undersleeves and wristlets are no longer the familiar garments that they once were, so the costume theme provides a glossary guide to them and helps to explain where they occurred in history.
Categories in Costume

Five centuries of fashion
Fashions have changed continuously in the period since the the invention of the knitting frame . Some changes have brought opportunities and prosperity to the knitting industry and others have caused difficult times.....
Costume A-F
A line dress to Drawers
Costume G-M
Gaiters to Mittens
Costume N-S
Negligee to Stockings
Costume T-Z
Tights to Wristlets

 

   
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