This post about knitting with a Roman dodecahedron, which was mistaken as a “religious object”, goes perfectly with the Women Helping Archaeologists Figure Things Out post. Again it is so important to ask the locals, a handcrafter, or a tradesperson what something is.
Here is the “Knitting with a Roman Dodecahedron” YouTube video:
Source: mad-hare
Yeah, pity though it does not work like that. First of all… it is a very complicated way of doing something that can be done it much more easier ways (like needle binding), but also, it DOES NOT MAKE fingers in different sizes, because the knobs are always the same distance away from each other. So explain to me why the holes are of different size?
Different gauges of yarn. You need more room for a bulky knit for a mid winter garment, and a finer yarn for a lighter end garment, or something for special occasions.
Just because Grandma was able to use it for knitting doesn’t mean it was created for knitting. Knitting didn’t exist when these things were made. I could use it to open a bottle, but that doesn’t make it a bottle-opener.
The Historian Richard Rutt conservatively suggests that knitting originated in Egypt between 500 and 1200 A.D.
But a precursor to knitting called nålebinding has been attested to since 6500 BCE.
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