BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Baroness Ruth Davidson; The science of knitting; Spiking by injection

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HazelTindall MontgomerySue A really interesting listen, thank you! Temperature knitting has been a thing for some time by the way.

HazelTindall MontgomerySue Knitwitter is on Instagram too!

HazelTindall MontgomerySue In 2020, we (Wisterlitz) made Knitwitter to generate knitting patterns from text messages. Try it here -

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lucymirandaward Son said to me couple of months ago he was worried about going to Uni and might prefer to stay amongst people he knows, maybe not go until he is older. Two of reasons he cited was having to look out for friends (girls) who’s drinks might be spiked. Secondly being accused of rape.

lucymirandaward Had that conversation here too but so glad it’s now in the press. Daughter went out on Thursday and everyone had to go through a metal detector plus have every bag, pocket, coat searched. She felt so much safer but it’s so wrong to have to do this😢

lucymirandaward Thanks to Lucy for sharing this - it does seem to have started a conversation that needs to be had.

lucymirandaward Women's bags are searched. Are men searched? If this had been knifings or shootings, you can bet there'd be search-on-entry. This is no less serious. No less a crime. It's on nightclubs to protect women.

lucymirandaward Have had that exact conversation - but we shouldn’t have to 😢

lucymirandaward Maybe we should stop referring to it as ‘spiked’, poisoning would be much more powerful

HazelTindall MontgomerySue I agree that KnittingPatterns can be similar to coding & that knitting could collect data. I thus know that if Sue Montgomery knitted a scarf using green yarn to represent the times she has denounced UUA ClergySexAbuse & red yarn for the times I have, it would be 100% red.

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