Bíró Szilvia - Székely Zoltán: Arrabona - Múzeumi Közlemények 49/1. Tanulmányok T. Szőnyi Eszter emlékére (Győr, 2011)
T. Bíró Mária: A kézikötés tárgyi bizonyítékai a római korban
ARRABONA 2011.49/1. TANULMÁNYOK MATERIAL PROOFS OF THE HAND KNITTING IN THE ROMAN AGE The most numerous group of the bone objects from the Roman Age is that of the needles of 10-12cm long. Archaeologists defined this group of objects as sewing needles, but their dimensions and the thickness of the needle heads make this kind of usage strongly questionable. Several knitted articles of clothing - caps, socks - were found at the excavations in Egypt and the Middle East. Contemporary sources also mention knitted accessories: the Romans called the knitted, domestic slippers soccus. Based on a study of the ancient objects of the different museums D. Burnham identified the nalbindig and the sprang technology. The nalbindig or single needle knitting technology used bone needles where the different shaping of the needle heads was adjusted to the type of the threads. This single needle knitting method has been known from the Ancient Times; in Scandinavia it has been used universally, since clothes made by this technology are more durable and flexible and they do not unstitch like the knit-works made by the knitting needles that have been spread from the Medieval Ages. Mária T. Bíró
