@grimalkina @venite this is a bit of a tangent so I don't know if it'll bear fruit, but this reminds me of something Beau of the Fifth Column said about the US military superpower is not just/primarily expensive equipment, it's pedagogy the the ability to teach complex skills to complete beginners reliably and repeatably. Maybe McDonald's has a similar experience. This was in context of Navy Seals organizing villagers, 6 sailors, no matter how good, can only do so much alone.

@eibart @grimalkina yeah it’s pretty cool, although since all articles use the example of the Belgian women tracking trains I don’t think it was very widespread. And most people would definitely notice something was up with the fabric, it would look quite wobbly :)

For the people reading along who prefer English, this one is almost identical (although it says “dropped stitch” where I think they mean “yarn over”) www.atlasobscura.com/articles/knitting-spies-wwi-wwii