Knitting for Victory - WW2

For the home front of World War II, knitting again would help the war and would most importantly keep the soldiers warm. During this time a very popular and well known magazine called Life created a cover story called ‘How To Knit.’ This article would of shown very basic instructions and would also give you a pattern for example a simple knitted vest. This particular article enlisted the phrase, “To the great American question ‘What can I do to help the war effort?’ The public came up with the most common answer that came to everyone’s mind, which was ‘Knit.’ This article stated that more and more knitters were turning out garments for soldiers even though machine knitting was proving to be more and more efficient. Knitting became prosperity to the public as a way of helping the war. During this time and 2 weeks later, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and America entered World War II. After this catastrophic event, more and more people were knitting socks. mufflers and sweaters to keep the soldiers warm. 

Before the Pearl Harbor disaster, people were already knitting but were also preparing care packages of food and clothing. “Bundles for Britain” to help besieged Londoners. And the numbers of troops kept mounting up and became increasingly large in numbers since Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939.