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A Tip of the Beanie to Granny & Madame Defarge

May 2, 2019Leave a comment
Group of girls with knitting, Library of Congress https://lccn.loc.gov/2017680310

Read this great Atlas Obscura article about knitting and espionage. Did you know the UK banned knitting patterns for fear of hidden messages during WWI? These spies were absolutely brilliant. Why is there not a British TV series about this? Or is there?

Read the article here

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