My understanding is that this would be equivalent to loom knitting (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spool_knitting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spool_knitting).

My understanding is that this would be equivalent to loom knitting (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spool_knitting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spool_knitting). Is it possible that loom knitting was invented earlier but needle knitting was not?