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The Bones & Bobbins Podcast, Season 1, Episode 11: Knit One, Spy Two

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Show Notes:

Here are links to the sources and resources we used while researching this episode:

Links to research materials: 

 Girl Guide Spies 

• Girl Guides Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girl_Guides 
• Girl Guides: Gender and Childhood on the Home Front: https://www.voicesofwarandpeace.org/portfolio/girl-guides/ 
• Opening the Vaults: How Girl Guides Contributed to War Efforts: https://girlguidescanblog.ca/2015/11/10/girl-guides-war-contributions/amp/ 
• Scotland’s War: Girl Guides and MI5: http://www.scotlandswar.co.uk/guides_and_mi5.html 
• The Girl Guide Spies: https://www.hhhistory.com/2019/09/the-girl-guide-spies.html 
• Defending the Realm: https://www.mi5.gov.uk/news/defending-the-realm 
• Girl Guides Who Won The War: https://www.express.co.uk/expressyourself/190435/The-Girl-Guides-who-won-the-war 
• Girl Guides prepares young women for military service: https://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/girl-guides-prepares-young-women-for-service 
• WWI and the Girl Scouts: https://georgiahistory.com/education-outreach/online-exhibits/featured-historical-figures/juliette-gordon-low/wwi-and-the-girl-scouts/ 
• Girls’ Volunteer Groups During World War I: https://www.womenshistory.org/resources/general/girls-volunteer-groups-during-world-war-i 

  Knitting in Codes 

• The Knitting War Spies of History: Handwoven Magazine https://handwovenmagazine.com/knitting-war-spies-history/
• “Wartime Knitting Circle” Interactive Art Exhibit (2007) By artist Sabrina Gschwandtner https://www.sabrinag.com/wartime-knitting-circle#:~:text=Artwork%20by%20Sabrina%20Gschwandtner&text=%22Wartime%20Knitting%20Circle%2C%22%202007,people%20with%20differing%20political%20viewpoints.
• Rejected Princesses Blog https://www.rejectedprincesses.com/blog/modern-worthies/phylis-latour-doyle

Further Reading:

• How to add coding to your knitting: https://gannetdesigns.com/embedding-meaning-in-your-knitting-or-other-crafts/
• Free 1940’s War Time Knitting Patterns! https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/1940s-knitting-patterns
• Books: How the Girl Guides Won the War, by Janie Hampton: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8867176-how-the-girl-guides-won-the-war