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TELL ME YOUR SECRETS (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by Stamets@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world

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Hella unlikely they were used to knit gloves

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[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 100 points 6 months ago

Unlikely why?

Here's a video of it being used for that: https://youtu.be/76AvV601yJ0?si=kvdh4ZLiBCmyldPN

I have seen people argue that "they are pretty intricate and expensive things to use only for the purposes of knitting gloves. ". To them, I would like to submit my wife's $1100 sewing machine that definitely gets used, and isn't just some weird status symbol among creative types.

[-] sanpo@sopuli.xyz 65 points 6 months ago

Just because you could use it for knitting it doesn't mean it was its purpose.
There's not a lot of detail, but you can check on the Wiki why it's ultimately an unlikely explanation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_dodecahedron#Purpose

[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 26 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Thanks! I really like the idea that it was a test of skill of a blacksmith.

[-] Revan343@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 months ago

That seems like the most likely thing to me too

[-] Sagifurius@lemm.ee -1 points 6 months ago

Wikipedia and this sort of thing.....Yknow the article on saddles says that stirrups weren't invented till the 9th century AD but the article on riding boots said the heel, to prevent your foot going through the stirrup, dates to 5th century BC.