User:GreenLipstickLesbian/Knitting in Jersey

The knitting industry has historically been an important part of industry and culture on the island of Jersey.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-jersey-67284705 [https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/british-knitting-traditions#:~:text=The%20cottage%20industry%20for%20making,its%20name%20from%20the%20island. https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/british-knitting-traditions#:~:text=The%20cottage%20industry%20for%20making,its%20name%20from%20the%20island.]
 * a series of stamps designed by Christopher Wormell to recognize the history of knitting on Jersey
 * Knitting most popular from 1600s to 1800s
 * Knitting was banned during the seaweed harvesting season in 1606

https://archive.org/details/portraitofchanne00lemp/mode/2up Portrait of the Channel Islands pgs 184-185
 * Info on knitting in both channel islands
 * During its heyday, knitted good were exported to England and France (and probably others though the source doesn't say this
 * Confirms importance during 1600s/1700s
 * Links diminishing trade in the 19th century to the French Revolution and unspecified "wars in England"
 * Mary, Queen of Scots wore Jersey stockings for her execution

Did you know..that no person over the age of fifteen was allowed to knit during the seaweed harvesting season of Jersey?