tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2805580631057957340.post2715300891391835616..comments2024-03-19T00:52:41.982+00:00Comments on Knitting Now and Then: My First World War BlogBarbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16481362252017232022noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2805580631057957340.post-79913232150911401792014-08-05T18:12:10.872+01:002014-08-05T18:12:10.872+01:00Yes, I think that the writer of the ad understood ...Yes, I think that the writer of the ad understood how much knitting can help.<br /><br />I've looked at the poem in your blog. It's hard to believe that anyone can have dreamt of being in the trenches before the war. And there were opportunities for single women to get close to the front line and certainly see blood if not too much muck - e.g Vera Brittain. Though of course women weren't always free to do that. Was Rose Macaulay talking about herself? If so, I wonder if she spent the rest of the war knitting, or found something more challenging to do. Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16481362252017232022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2805580631057957340.post-71140403854191010342014-08-05T02:25:02.026+01:002014-08-05T02:25:02.026+01:00I like that bit about "busy work for anxious ...I like that bit about "busy work for anxious fingers" - anxiety is one of the reasons I find knitting so helpful now.<br />You might find the poem I quoted at the end of this blog post interesting? http://notesfromtheslowlane.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/the-year-in-books-may.htmlThe Foggy Knitterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06052717128048264313noreply@blogger.com