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Re:Roman dodecahedron: 12-sided object has baffled archaeolo... by adastra22 on Thursday July 17, 2025 @12:47AM (#44589766)
This isn't knitting, it is technically nalbinding, and yes the holes are used to create different sized fingers and it works perfectly well for that purpose.
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Re:Roman dodecahedron: 12-sided object has baffled archaeolo... by meindnoch on Thursday July 17, 2025 @04:41AM (#44591105)
False. The diameter of the knit tube depends on the distance of the pegs, not the central hole.
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Re:Roman dodecahedron: 12-sided object has baffled archaeolo... by tengwar2 on Thursday July 17, 2025 @01:43PM (#44595984)
And on the number of the pegs. And five pegs would be far too few for practical purposes.
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