[PW] Roman socks

[John P. Dyson]

Quoting Karen Lofstrom <klofstrom at gmail.com>:

> On 2/11/07, Sylvia Milne <sylviamilne at btinternet.com> wrote:
>
>> I've just found this.
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/4563337.stm
>> It certainly looks like a woolly sock.
>
> Wait, wait, I've got it! Before there was regular knitting, there was
> nalbinding. Scandinavian term, but it's been adopted to cover an
> ancient technique. First known sample is from Israel, 6500 BCE.
>
> Google nalbinding.


> Yes, that looks very likely.

> Sylvia Milne


They're socks, Sylvia, but not socks as we know them.

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