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Pair of Socks | Egypt 250-420 AD (infosec.pub)
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Notice how to the pattern does look really close to knitting. Still somewhat in between - produced with a single, eyed needle, but visually similar.

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[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Woah, Egypt kinda had "tabi" socks too, I wonder if it was also shaped by they type of footwear popular at the time

Neat!

[–] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

More likely comfort or even just to stay on. They didn’t have elastic and a large pocket might have rolled and not stayed put. Putting it between the toes secures it.