Name of restaurant: The Stocking Frame — the name is a nod to its location inside a gutted garment factory. A stocking frame is a mechanical knitting machine invented in England in the 16th century.

They don’t make them like they used to, the old- timers always say. But even the crustiest old coot might express surprise at the hand-hammered toughness that has preserved one of the most complicated ...

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You are in: Nottingham > History > Local history > Spurned love leads to knitting invention William Lee was so fed up with his girlfriend's passion for knitting he produced his own textile machine.