tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2805580631057957340.post1350018967065051218..comments2024-03-27T08:38:55.922+00:00Comments on Knitting Now and Then: Needlework for All - Christmas 1914Barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16481362252017232022noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2805580631057957340.post-55530337022355322172016-05-16T12:49:57.429+01:002016-05-16T12:49:57.429+01:00Hello Barbara,
Such an interesting post, thank y...Hello Barbara, <br /><br />Such an interesting post, thank you. I've come across your blog post as I'm curating and designing a large scale exhibition - recognising the Royal United Hospital Bath's efforts as a War Hospital back in 1914. I would love to include these images. Is that possible? Can we perhaps talk more via email - diane.samways@nhs.net. <br /><br />Kind regards, <br />DianeDiane Samwayshttp://artatruh.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2805580631057957340.post-27951067572921161982015-01-04T09:57:10.736+00:002015-01-04T09:57:10.736+00:00Judging by the number of magazines that continued ...Judging by the number of magazines that continued to publish 'fancy-work' patterns throughout the war, there must have been a large contingent of women who thought that it was not unpatriotic - and occasionally you get a bit of justification. e.g. it takes your mind off worrying about the war. And there were sometimes 'patriotic' fancy work designs - some are featured in an earlier post http://barbaraknitsagain.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/war-crochet.html<br /><br />There were body belts/binders for babies - I think they were just to go around the baby's middle and not its arms. And I remember that when miniskirts first came in, a doctor predicted that young women would get fat knees, as the body provided extra insulation for them in cold weather - never heard the one about kidney problems, though. . Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16481362252017232022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2805580631057957340.post-61632872042140779092015-01-02T02:05:10.962+00:002015-01-02T02:05:10.962+00:00I wonder what the attitude was to those doing the ...I wonder what the attitude was to those doing the fancywork, whether it was regarded as "unpatriotic". There are cartoons about the sheer unsuitability of some of the knitted items, I'm fairly sure there's something about it in Richard Rutt's book.<br /><br />I've come across the "binder" or "body belt" before, once found a blogger wondering if they were to keep babies' arms by their sides,and also the residue of why they existed in my mother's insistence that mini skirts in cold weather cause kidney problems because the kidneys get cold. (no idea if this is true or not)The Foggy Knitterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06052717128048264313noreply@blogger.com