Worshipful Company of Framework Knitters

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WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF FRAMEWORK KNITTERS

London Guild
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Official blazon

Arms : Argent, a knitting frame sable, garnished Or.
Crest: On a wreath argent and gules, A lamb passant proper resting the dexter forehoof on a hank of silk fesswise Or.
Supporters: On the dexter side a student of the University of Cambridge in academical costume of the seventeenth century proper, and on the sinister side a female figure also in seventeenth century costume habited azure, cuffs, cap, neckerchief and apron argent, holding in the dexter hand a knitting needle proper and in the sinister hand a piece of worsted knit gules.
Motto: Speed, strength and truth united. |}

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on February 3, 1933.

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Literature: Bromley and Child, 1960