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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

My guess would be braiding, like rope or leather or jewellery.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I've seen a video of one being used to weave metal wire for jewelry. It's definitely plausible.

But until someone unearths an ancient Roman user manual, all the people confidently asserting "it was for knitting gloves" should be a lesson about how people on the internet will present guesses as proof.