Embroidered Signatures ProjectJunior Knitting Club 1941: Cloth

Owner

Embroiderers' Guild of South Australia Museum

Region

Adelaide

Creator

Junior Knitting Club

Measurements

312cm x 170cm

Historical Period/Date

20th Century (1930-1969 Mid)/1941

ID Number

ESPO-002

Classifications

Cloths,Stem Stitch,

Physical Description

Yellow cotton cloth embroidered with a central cipher featuring the letters J, K and C for Junior Knitting Club. Dated 1941. Signatures are embroidered in brown.

Theme and Purpose

World War II. Fundraiser. Worked as a fundraiser with the funds raised to be used to buy wool for the club members to knit items for children in hospital. The girls who organised the bed cover are listed inside the cipher. The quilt was made by The Junior Knitting Club whose initials form the cipher. This club was formed by a group of 12/14 year-olds in 1939 to make toddlers' jumpers for Adelaide Children's Hospital as they were in need - everyone was knitting for the armed forces at that time. Members were issued with a hand-written certificate, a copy of which is held in the file. It reads: "Junior Knitting Club - In signing this card I Promise to work loyally for the children who need our help so much. I promise to pay all fines that the club think ought to be payed. I will make as many things as it is in my power to do and I will give 3d [three pence] in at every meeting I attend. Name .. Date .. Secretary's Signiture. Once this form is signed the person who applied for it is a qualified member and shall receive her badge." The 1941 Group were about 12-14 years old. A charge, probably one shilling, was made to add a name and the money raised was used to purchase knitting wool. The group continued until about 1943/4.

Signatures

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