So this month of October usually engenders a slough of “Celtic” folklore nonsense, and this isn’t really October related but on a fb group I saw someone talk about the different meanings of cable stitches in Aran sweaters and I was like “NO STOP”.
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Had a lot of problems. She said that the earliest examples of knitting being from Egypt may just be a case for the preservation environment of the desert. But does she not get that pastoral cultures exist?
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Naalbinding, I think? The early Egyptian textiles she's referring to.
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Hmm. Okay. Nobody does a thesis on knitting history who's not passionate about knitting and history, probably. I'd want to just wonder aloud in her direction if anyone's seen this or that source that she might find interesting. Bless her!
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Oh I was pretty direct about the Aran stuff. I hate to see misinformation spread around. I tried to be nice though, and I sent her a message with some further thoughts.
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