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Warpy

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4. Probably odds and ends of yarn left over from other projects

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Tue Oct 10, 2023, 10:52 PM

Oct 2023

Nalbinding seems like the most appropriate method for stitching something that tiny, the needles needed for such teeny knit stitches would have been like wrestling with a porcupine. I still imagine this kid's mom would have been very upset that a sock had been lost and she couldn't find it--the sock, not the kid.

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1,700-Year-Old Sock Spins Yarn About Ancient Egyptian Fashion [View all] Judi Lynn Oct 2023 OP

That's a fun article. Thanks, Judi Lynn! Easterncedar Oct 2023 #1

Never would have guessed they created colors like that! Thanks for checking it out, Easterncedar. Judi Lynn Oct 2023 #2

Wowza! Bayard Oct 2023 #3

Probably odds and ends of yarn left over from other projects Warpy Oct 2023 #4

I want to know how the sock was made. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2023 #5