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The use of these for knitting the fingers of gloves is obviously correct. It explains so many things about them: Their distribution (northern Europe - where y
by tristramb 3y ago
The use of these for knitting the fingers of gloves is obviously correct. It explains so many things about them:
Their distribution (northern Europe - where you might need gloves).
The knobs (to loop the wool round).
The differing sizes of the holes (to fit fingers of different sizes).
To say that the functions of these is unknown is just lazy journalism.
I am sure if one of these had been handed to my late grandmother, who was a keen knitter, she would have recognised what it was for immediately.
- quacker 3y agoIt’s a good theory, but not obvious at all. - It is not known that that the Romans used knitted clothing. Knitting was invented later. - Knitting can be done with cheaper, easier to craft tools that are just as effective. Knitting doesn’t explain the cost and skill required to craft the dodecahedrons. - There is no wear on these dodecahedrons that we’d normally expect from a well-used tool.
- helpfulContrib 3y agoTechnically, this is not necessarily knitting, its crocheting ..
- eigenket 3y agoThere are examples known without the big holes in, which seem pretty much impossible to use for knitting.