Knitting Instructions for Field Comforts

An instruction guide on how to knit several different "field comforts" for those on the front. The guide includes how to knit scarves, socks, turtlenecks and pullovers. Nevertheless, it also teaches readers how to knit more specialized items like a ribbed balaclava helmet, gunner's and observer's half mitts, and steel helmet caps. 

Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire, National War Service Committee, Knitting Instructions for Field Comforts, 2nd edition (Toronto, November 1943)

Booklet. 11 pages. 15cm x 23cm.
Ley and Lois Smith War, Memory and Popular Culture Research Collection - The University of Western Ontario - London, Ontario
Second World War