Kōrero: Sewing, knitting and textile crafts

Great War Stories: Lady Liverpool

During the First World War Lady Liverpool, wife of New Zealand’s governor, encouraged women and children to knit items, especially socks, for the soldiers at the front. Lady Liverpool’s story is a Great War Story.

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Kerryn Pollock, 'Sewing, knitting and textile crafts - Knitting, spinning and weaving', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/video/46389/great-war-stories-lady-liverpool (accessed 19 April 2024)

He kōrero nā Kerryn Pollock, i tāngia i te 5 Sep 2013