Sock Knitting and the Great War Effort - Joybilee® Farm, DIY, Herbs, Gardening

During WW I, the war to end all wars, families in rural Canada were given circular sock knitting machines and 10 lbs of wool (enough for 30 pairs of socks) to knit socks for the war effort.  Socks were in short supply, wool was rationed and service men in the trenches in winter, needed wool Read More about Sock Knitting and the Great War Effort

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