Patriotic Knitting - WW1 Style
During the first world war, women were encouraged to knit
for the men away fighting.
I found these advertisements in a copy of Needlecraft
Practical Journal No 117.
Must have been awful just knitting in khaki. white, natural,
greys and drabs ... what on earth is drab - beige, perhaps?
I suppose it was a great way to get women who couldn't go
out to work to help.
Wonder if there was a quality control centre - or some poor
chaps got the socks with dropped stitches.
Has anyone been watching BBC's "The Village" on
Sunday evenings? Its a bit drab (that's
my word for the day)!!!!! But I suppose
it must have been a dreadful struggle for many to keep the family together and
provide enough food for them to eat.
Can't wait for the return of
The Paradise, Ripper
Street, Mr Selfridge,
Call the Midwife - think I prefer my
history with a touch of glamour, humour ... and handsome men! Funnily enough don't feel that I want to add
Downtown to this list, thought the last series was a bit flat. Perhaps I was expecting too much.
Love, Liz
Many thanks for all your lovely comments on the previous
post. I ended up doing absolutely
nothing, but felt better for it! I guess
we all have days like that. It is so
good to have blogging buddies who understand.
Liz
Comments
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Great ads.
I'm hopeless, hardly watch any TV any more, though I make an exception for The Apprentice, just for the laughs! xxx
still don't get the cow bit tho'. Wasn't little Bert adorable ? I hear there is to be another series.
All my faves are finished now.
Great ads btw and great they have survived.
Here in Australia there was also a huge push for the girls at home to knit up a storm. The Red Cross used to put together comfort packages. There would be fruit cake, tobacco, matches, bikkies, tea and of course, socks.
As many of the women worked hard on the war effort, often it was gran with the kids making socks. My mum learned to knit when she was about 5, so it was not uncommon for girls born in the era before mass production and cheapness to have these skills. I just find the idea of doing a turned heel doing my head in, without little girls having those skills, or did the pass the needles to nan to turn them?
I'm a big Call the Midwife fan as well. We've not long had this series and Chummy has just returned from Africa. I believe her bub is to be born in the next episode.
Cheers