Mum emailed me recently to say that, during the Reign of Terror in France, Tricoteuses (female knitters) where paid to sit at the Guillotine and pass judgement on the condemned. Most commonly the judgement was "Off with his/her head" - after all the Tricoteuses were often from the class of citizen most likely to be adversely impacted by the aristocracy of the time. Dickens' character, and primary villain, from The Tale of Two Cities - Madame Defarge - was a Tricoteuse.
So this gets me thinking. If I promise not to be in any way villainous or call out "off with his head" to passing strangers do you think I could get paid to knit in public? It would be very relaxing for everyone to watch. Call it a mental health strategy; a public service.
PS the second sock is coming along well. I've turned the heel and am making my way, slowly, to the toe.
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if you do find a way to get paid to knit in public can you let me know - think it would be a good addition to my mental health plan too. might also keep me away from ravelry for a bit!
It would be so much more fun to watch if you did yell out "off with his head" to passing strangers while sitting in public knitting.
I'm sure that would liven things up a bit at swimming lessons each week.
Okayyyyyyyyyy. I think we can say that if you are learning the HISTORY of knitting, you are somewhat officially a knitter. I agree with Fairlie. It would be greatly amusing if you yelled out "off with his head" while you knit in public. But that might just land you in the crazy house.
I don't know much about knitting but whatever stimulates public discourse is a good thing...the knitting needles might come in handy for self defense if one was yelling "off with his head"
I love knitting in public and do it quite regularly. Although I don't yell at strangers, I do swear a bit if I drop a needle or as regularly happens, the ball falls out of the bag and rolls into a puddle at swimming.
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