Toe Socks - nothing new - guess how old they are! Post 246
Amazingly the Egyptians had toe socks back in around 300 A>D>. The Victoria and Albert Museum in Kensington in West London has a pair. I found a picture of them in Wikimemdia Commons. More details The description reads> Pair of socks 300-500 Egypt Wool (knitted) These socks are the earliest knitted items in the V&A's collection. Made in 300-499 AD, they were excavated in Egypt at the end of the 19th century. They have a divided toe and are designed to be worn with sandals. The socks are knitted in stocking stitch using three-ply wool and the single-needle technique. This type of knitting is a slow technique more like sewing. It was a forerunner of the faster method of knitting with two or more needles. Textile historians often find it difficult to tell whether early knitted objects are made using a single needle, as here, or using more than one needle, as the finished articles are so similar in appearance. Given by Robert Taylor. On first reading I thought the informa...
