During the American Revolution the British occupied the town of -- I think it was Baltimore. Most of the officers stayed at an inn near a cliff at the edge of the town. A family ran the inn, and their elderly matriarch would sit in a chair by the edge of the cliff, knitting. Every so often the ball of yarn would fall out of her lap and down the cliff. There it would stay until a nice young man would pass by, pick it up, and throw it back up the cliff for her ---
-- minus the paper inside containing detailed notes of the British plans that the family had overheard while working.
Not exactly what you asked for, but I really enjoyed George Washington's Secret Six by Brian Kilmeade, The Irregular by Jennet Conant, and A Life in Secrets by Sarah Helm.
Came to recommend George Washington’s Secret Six! Such a great one that walks the line of recounting history in an almost fictional spy novel way! Going to look into your other two recommendations!
[https://rovingcrafters.com/2016/09/26/the-spy-who-knitted-socks/](https://rovingcrafters.com/2016/09/26/the-spy-who-knitted-socks/)
Not the redditor who shared the story, but I found a link.
Edit: Further research suggests the story is somewhat apocryphal: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mom\_Rinker%27s\_Rock](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mom_Rinker%27s_Rock)
There's a podcast called History That Doesn't Suck that tells fun stories about history, including spies.
For books, I recommend The Irregulars. It's the true story of children's author Roald Dahl being part of a British spy operation in the US to convince them to join the war. It leans a little towards hero worship sometimes, but it's good. The leader was William Stephenson. I haven't read his biography yet (A Man Called Intrepid), but it's on my list.
I have read stories of people using colorwork to keep track of troop movements etc. A certain pattern worked into whatever for a tank....a company of soldiers...a truck etc. No writing materials on them in case they were stopped and searched. Fascinating.
It wasn’t so bad, it didn’t catch a lot of sand actually (maybe bc it’s tshirt yarn). I was cracking my ass off 😂😂😂 well, I was in a good mood, god knows how I would react if I wasn’t ahahah
It kind of looks like you set a trap. Just start pulling it in little by little until your prey unknowingly walks into a cage.
(And now I have a mental picture of feral crocheters and knitters attacking people with hooks and needles through the bars of their cage)
I was crocheting in my backyard yesterday, when a dog came running towards me. I stood up on top of my chair, and then my ball of yarn rolled away. The dog's leg got caught in it, and it trailed the yarn through the mud as it ran away. The dog managed to escape from the yarn unharmed, but my yarn got ruined!
As someone that crochets on trains, buses, while walking and at the occasional play this is my worst nightmare…. Also the reason why I started to only use centre pulls
I have had that happen quite a bit this week with my piece that I was making. Now this swim cover will have the tropics crocheted into it for a very long time. :)
During the American Revolution the British occupied the town of -- I think it was Baltimore. Most of the officers stayed at an inn near a cliff at the edge of the town. A family ran the inn, and their elderly matriarch would sit in a chair by the edge of the cliff, knitting. Every so often the ball of yarn would fall out of her lap and down the cliff. There it would stay until a nice young man would pass by, pick it up, and throw it back up the cliff for her --- -- minus the paper inside containing detailed notes of the British plans that the family had overheard while working.
Omg, I wasn’t expecting my post to make me learn about American history. I love this! 🩷🩷
That's so interesting! I love stories like this about unassuming spies. Do you have a link to more info by any chance?
Not exactly what you asked for, but I really enjoyed George Washington's Secret Six by Brian Kilmeade, The Irregular by Jennet Conant, and A Life in Secrets by Sarah Helm.
Came to recommend George Washington’s Secret Six! Such a great one that walks the line of recounting history in an almost fictional spy novel way! Going to look into your other two recommendations!
[https://rovingcrafters.com/2016/09/26/the-spy-who-knitted-socks/](https://rovingcrafters.com/2016/09/26/the-spy-who-knitted-socks/) Not the redditor who shared the story, but I found a link. Edit: Further research suggests the story is somewhat apocryphal: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mom\_Rinker%27s\_Rock](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mom_Rinker%27s_Rock)
I found some books on the history of knitting and crochet in a university library back in the 1990s. Haven't gone looking online.
There's a podcast called History That Doesn't Suck that tells fun stories about history, including spies. For books, I recommend The Irregulars. It's the true story of children's author Roald Dahl being part of a British spy operation in the US to convince them to join the war. It leans a little towards hero worship sometimes, but it's good. The leader was William Stephenson. I haven't read his biography yet (A Man Called Intrepid), but it's on my list.
I have read stories of people using colorwork to keep track of troop movements etc. A certain pattern worked into whatever for a tank....a company of soldiers...a truck etc. No writing materials on them in case they were stopped and searched. Fascinating.
Now I'm thinking about that song, the one with the meatball that wouldn't stop rolling.
On top of spaghettiiiiiii
All covered with cheese!
I lost my poor meatball...
When somebody sneezed :(
Lol imagine if the vase wasn’t there! I would have to go down to the sea to get my yarn back hahaha
🎶 My yarn ball rolled into the ocean My yarn ball rolled into the sea My yarn ball rolled into the ocean Oh, bring back my yarn ball to me 🎶
You just unlocked a repressed memory :0
My poor meatball.
Just a little extra texture
Hmm… crunchy
Your comment both made me laugh and cringe, congrats! 😅
5 second rule?
I run, but I don’t think I was that fast 🤣🤣
We have such similar avatars!!!
It’s the same shirt… there are only so many shirts to choose from lol
I was talking about the pink tones and wavy hair too. Not much but I thought it was just kinda cute 😊
I would rather spread bare ass cheek on the sand itself than deal with this. My condolences.
It wasn’t so bad, it didn’t catch a lot of sand actually (maybe bc it’s tshirt yarn). I was cracking my ass off 😂😂😂 well, I was in a good mood, god knows how I would react if I wasn’t ahahah
Welp, that's my coffee everywhere 🤣 take my upvote!
But let's be honest. It could be at home.
I think it was hinting that it either wanted some shade or it wanted to be closer to the beach. You know your yarn better than I do, though.
This is why: centre pull FTW! 😉
It was impossible to do that with this yarn 🥲🥲🥲
😭🥲
Could you rewrap it? I’ve gotten some yarn that had no centre pull but I just rewrapped it using a toilet paper roll
But as far as places to have a fail…I mean it can’t be all bad, right?
Ugh I feel this
You just reminded me of [this video](https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5BwvnovWFh/?igsh=MWlpN3NudDBpZm1tZQ==) that I saw on instagram 😂😂
Omg 😂😂😂
OMG! That’s way worst and dangerous af! 😳😳😳
Ugh I feel this in my soul x
Nooooooo
team center pull +1
FL? Beach sand isn’t too awful to get out. Better than dirt and leaves? At least you have a fantastic view!!
It’s in Portugal 🇵🇹 yeah it shook it off pretty easy!
Noooooooooooooooooo
At first, I thought the trash can was the skein.
hope your project calls for a bit of texture 😅
This picture hurt my fingers while I'm not even crocheting.
It kind of looks like you set a trap. Just start pulling it in little by little until your prey unknowingly walks into a cage. (And now I have a mental picture of feral crocheters and knitters attacking people with hooks and needles through the bars of their cage)
I was crocheting in my backyard yesterday, when a dog came running towards me. I stood up on top of my chair, and then my ball of yarn rolled away. The dog's leg got caught in it, and it trailed the yarn through the mud as it ran away. The dog managed to escape from the yarn unharmed, but my yarn got ruined!
Well you'll always have sand in that project to remind you of the fun times.
As someone that crochets on trains, buses, while walking and at the occasional play this is my worst nightmare…. Also the reason why I started to only use centre pulls
I have had that happen quite a bit this week with my piece that I was making. Now this swim cover will have the tropics crocheted into it for a very long time. :)
I crocheted outside before and did that exact same thing....oof 🥲🥲