Wigston Framework
Knitters Museum
 
42-44 Bushloe End,
Wigston,
Leicestershire,
LE18 2BA
 
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Wigston Framework Knitters Museum is a Master Hosier’s house with a two story Victorian frameshop in the garden. The house dates from the last years of the seventeenth century and shows signs of various alterations. At the rear is a cobbled yard and a water pump. A two storey workshop extension has been added to the rear of the house.
The brick floor of an earlier frame shop can be seen inside the Yarn Room; not unusual for this part of Leicestershire, with its long tradition of worsted knitting. The museum is unique, because when the last master hosier, Edgar Carter died in 1952, the workshop was locked and left. Inside on the ground floor were eight hand frames for making gloves, mitts and fancy ribbed tops for golf hose, together with all the moulds and tools associated with each machine.There is a large garden, well stocked with flowers, shrubs and fruit trees. The
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Yarn Room
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(light refreshments available) and small shop complete the museum
 
 
 
 
 
Volunteer Role
 
Have you got an hour or two per month to spare?
 
Do you fancy joining the volunteer team at this unique museum?
 
There is a role for an assistant to help out with the museum’s admin.
May suit a retired administrator or book keeper or anyone that is happy to help!
 
Contact: Bill Boulter - 07977 169440
Or email: [email protected]
 
 
 
 
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The Museum is in the Kayak Leicester Travel Guide.   Details Here