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Hmm, I'm not convinced. The only geometry the knitting demonstrations justify is "pins around hole". I don't see an argument for the dodecahedron shape or the
by Fluorescence 3y ago
Hmm, I'm not convinced.
The only geometry the knitting demonstrations justify is "pins around hole". I don't see an argument for the dodecahedron shape or the cast metal. A vastly cheaper wooden jig with nails would service just as well and offer much better ergonomic possibilities, like a handle. The knitting with the finger growing inside the dodec looks unhelpful and implausible.
- JoeAltmaier 3y agoRomans had mass production facilities for some things. Possibly gloves. So a durable permanent jig is not an unreasonable suggestion.
- bee_rider 3y agoI think the objection is not about unnecessary durability, but unnecessary complexity; you don’t need so many faces to make a glove.
- marcosdumay 3y agoIf the thing was for making gloves, the faces would be for different finger sizes.
- lproven 3y agoThe holes in them are of different sizes.
- ertian 3y agoUnnecessary complexity & expense, and if it were part of a mass production process you'd expect to find them clustered in production centers or something. These are found scattered randomly and individually in graves and border forts.
- eigenket 3y ago> The knitting with the finger growing inside the dodec looks unhelpful and implausible There are also examples without the big holes in, which would make knitting pretty much impossible.
- lostlogin 3y ago> There are also examples without the big holes in, which would make knitting pretty much impossible. Gloves for children?
- eigenket 3y agoSee the icosahedron here for example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_dodecahedron#/media/File%3A2018_Rheinisches_Landesmuseum_Bonn%2C_Dodekaeder_%26_Ikosaeder.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_dodecahedron#/media/File...
- declan_roberts 3y agoThe glove is inverted, the fingers are inserted into the holes separately and sewn into the glove using the pins. When you’re done, you take it off and unfold it.