Posted on 07/05/2022 7:07:33 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
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“When my kids were little, I had a toolbox with a combination lock with all my stuff,”
Forget kids. Husbands are culprits, too. My friend had a combination lock on her sewing scissors ‘cause her hubby would take them. At that time there were special padlocks sold just for that purpose, but I don’t know if that’s the case any more.
I just Googled the Smitten pattern. Very nice! I always have an EPP project going so I can have something easy to transport to appointments, while traveling, etc.
I use that also. Easy.
LOL! After my kids were out of the house, my husband bought me my very own toolbox, filled it with various tools. That was really nice. I was going use some, and the ones I needed were gone. He needed them. grrrr!
Yes, but did he get paint on your screw drivers?
l wouldn’t have cared, I haven’t seen them in years! They are gone in the blackhole of the basement. I’ll find them if we every move.
The Wartime Spies Who Used Knitting as an Espionage Tool
Grandma was just making a sweater. Or was she?
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/knitting-spies-wwi-wwii
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When knitters used knitting to encode messages, the message was a form of steganography, a way to hide a message physically (which includes, for example, hiding morse code somewhere on a postcard, or digitally disguising one image within another). If the message must be low-tech, knitting is great for this; every knitted garment is made of different combinations of just two stitches: a knit stitch, which is smooth and looks like a “v”, and a purl stitch, which looks like a horizontal line or a little bump. By making a specific combination of knits and purls in a predetermined pattern, spies could pass on a custom piece of fabric and read the secret message, buried in the innocent warmth of a scarf or hat.
Phyllis Latour Doyle, a secret agent for Britain during World War II—and now, at 100, the last surviving woman who spied for the Special Operations Executive—spent the war years sneaking information to the British using knitting as a cover. She parachuted into occupied Normandy in 1944 and rode stashed bicycles to troops, chatting with German soldiers under the pretense of being helpful—then, she would return to her knitting kit, in which she hid a silk yarn ready to be filled with secret knotted messages, which she would translate using Morse Code equipment.
I haven’t had a free minute to take photos and post them but I will soon. I’m trying to get binding sewn on a quit so I can hand stitch next week while I’m getting IV meds and I finished sewing up a quick t shirt dress. Still have to hem that. I haven’t been able to sew much for over six wks as my husband was in a very serious accident and I’ve been playing Nurse Ratchet here at home. He’s doing well,just a long recovery. Most people in these accidents don’t survive so he’s my miracle.
That’s fascinating. Even more clever than using Navajo for code.
Prayers up for him. I love tshirt dresses, made 3 this spring. So easy. Scored tshirt material at Joann’s on sale did 2 of the bottoms for under 6.00. The third I found a knit dress at the thrift store and cut off the top. That was 2.50.
I know where the "trouble' spots are now - I'll do another bootie to match this one, but I might try a different yarn & work on sizing as well.
No real ribbon - used some cheapie wrapping ribbon just to see what it looks like. There are 'spaces' in the stitching to weave the ribbon through.
Those are cute! I’ll have to look up Judy’s miracle cast on.
No seam with this cast on!
Good tutorial:
Knitting Help - Judy’s Magic Cast-On (I love VeryPinkKnits tutorials - they’re all excellent):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV9UaFgZ6Q0
Ok, Judy’s cast on is actually “magic”, but “miracle” works for me, too!
Thanks! Knitpicks is a good site too. There are lots of good sites (and many bad).
https://tutorials.knitpicks.com/
Here’s a super easy circular cast on for itty bitty circles. (good for top down hats)
https://tutorials.knitpicks.com/circular-cast-on/
That’s what I’ll be doing tomorrow, i.e. sewing a binding on a quilt. We had a big cousins reunion on June 11. I had a quilt top hanging in the closet with a lot of white spaces so took it with me. Everyone signed the quilt and I just finished hand quilting it — nothing fancy with the quilting. Binding goes on tomorrow. Will give it to my mom on for her birthday in August. I enjoy hemming bindings.
Thanks! Always looking for new ideas & better ways to do things :-)
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