Author
Unknown
Publication Date
200
Publication Place
Egypt (made) -
Subject
Clothing Africa
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Approx. width: 6cm, Approx. length: 3.5cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
1939A-1897
Record ID
1939A-1897
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
200
Notes
Before the technique of knitting with two needles evolved, textiles with a very similar structure and texture were created by a technique known as âsingle-needle knittingâ. Socks in this technique from the late Roman period were usually worked with the big toe separate, so that they could be worn with sandals. This piece was intended to cover the remaining four toes and was possibly worked to mend a worn sock. It was excavated from Christian burial grounds of the 3rd to 5th centuries AD, found in the present-day city of al-Bahnasa in Egypt. Single-needle knitting used yarn threaded through the eye of a sewing needle worked in the round through a series of loops. It was much more laborious and slower than knitting with two needles, as the yarn could only be worked in short lengths. Extra pieces of yarn had to be spliced on as the âknittingâ progressed.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Wool, single-needle knitting Wool Single-Needle Knitting
Fiziksel açıklama
The section of a toe sock that would cover the 4 toes separately from the big toe, worked in brown wool in single-needle knitting. Worked in the round with increasing on one side. Gauge is 8 stitches and 14 rows per inch. Possibly worked as a separate piece to mend worn toes in another sock?
Üslup
Late Antique
