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Date of creation 20th century

Knitting Machine Punch Card

A punched card used to program pattern rows on a domestic knitting machine — each row of holes selects which needles engage to produce colorwork or textured stitches, a direct descendant of the Jacquard card adapted for home knitting.

Knitting Machine Punch Card

Museum of Obsolete Media, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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