Thanks for the excellent and though-provoking read! My outside-view guess is that knitting was invented multiple times beforehand, but didn’t work as a practical solution at the time…perhaps because it unravels fairly easily?
Thanks! What makes you say that? It does unravel fairly quickly if it’s torn or in gress, but when you’re done knitting, say, a hat, you just thread or tie the end off and it’s pretty unlikely that a piece will get loose and unravel a completed garment. I guess it’s a bit more of a risk for something that sees more wear, like a sock.
Thanks for the excellent and though-provoking read! My outside-view guess is that knitting was invented multiple times beforehand, but didn’t work as a practical solution at the time…perhaps because it unravels fairly easily?
Thanks! What makes you say that? It does unravel fairly quickly if it’s torn or in gress, but when you’re done knitting, say, a hat, you just thread or tie the end off and it’s pretty unlikely that a piece will get loose and unravel a completed garment. I guess it’s a bit more of a risk for something that sees more wear, like a sock.
You can also felt a knitted object for a double effort, secure structure.