HELP FOR THE FRONT
Sir, -- May I offer a suggestion to the ladies who are knitting socks for our soldiers. It is that with each pair a darning needle and a small ball of wool be enclosed. I believe every soldier of any experience would value them and would by this means make the socks last a far longer time with comfort.
I should recommend the despised “poker” needle as most suitable to man’s clumsy fingers, and suggest about a quarter skein of wool. The point of the needle should be protected; a small cork would serve, but there may be better ways. – I am, yours truly,
EMMA TODD
Aug. 28
[There were many letters to the newspapers about this time with more or less sensible suggestions for people knitting & sewing for the war effort.
The darning needle suggestion here seems a bit unnecessary, since soldiers carried a 'housewife' containing mending materials, which would presumably include a darning needle - see for instance, the list of kit required for the Huddersfield Territorials when they went off to war on August 5th. And a parcel of socks, each pair containing a darning needle, ball of wool and cork, sounds very cumbersome, if not dangerous.]
The darning needle suggestion here seems a bit unnecessary, since soldiers carried a 'housewife' containing mending materials, which would presumably include a darning needle - see for instance, the list of kit required for the Huddersfield Territorials when they went off to war on August 5th. And a parcel of socks, each pair containing a darning needle, ball of wool and cork, sounds very cumbersome, if not dangerous.]
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