This single lost sock was probably found in Akhmim (Ipu in ancient Egypt). It is composed of 4 different colored wools in non-continuous stripes of color involving a knot+loop technique which produced a flexible ribbed cloth with twill type patterning between the ribs. 4th-5th century AD [487×508]
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[Source: National Museums Scotland](https://blog.nms.ac.uk/2020/05/07/the-lost-sock/)
I feel this guy’s pain, I swear everytime I wash a load of laundry at least one sock seems to fade into the void somehow.
Naalbinding! A predecessor to knitting. Unknown exactly when it emerged, but there is a sock in this style from 6500BCE.
Knitting has only been documented back to the 11-1200s CE!