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I remember my mother going to a Womens Guild during the war and the women sat around knitting for the army and navy. She also brought home wool for knitting socks, gloves, helmets etc. I remember the wool for socks for the navy was very oily and thick and very difficult to knit with. My mother eventually "adopted" a sailor and sent him packets of food as well as the knitting she had done for him. Because of my mother knitting so many socks I also picked up this knowledge and can knit a pair of socks "in no time" without a knitting pattern. I began when I was 9 years of age knitting my own socks. My mother would also cut the worn heel or toe from my father's socks and re-knit these. We had to be thrifty in the war.
My grandmother who was a tailoress turned a coat inside out if it appeared worn on the outside. She made little pinafores from patches of material. In fact, I still have one of these little pinafores at home today.

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