You think that they’ed have a better pension plan than a ball of yarn for thses guys.

Oh, I don’t know. A yarn pension might make for fringe benefits.

Knitting was actually part of these guys’ physical therapy.

Although I’m guessing that even back then there were people who would tell knitters, “You should sell what you knit!” as if somehow knitting had no value unless the finished items were sold. Then they’d look at something that cost $30 in yarn and took 100 hours to knit and suggest that the knitter could get $25 for it if they really triiiied, since it was “almost” as nice as the ugly machine-made scratchy acrylic crap from China that’s sold at Wal-Mart. All the while sneering contemptuously at the knitter for having an “unacceptable” hobby.

Um, not that it’s ever happened to me or anything…

I hear ya, Charlene.

@ Charlene – Wooooh there Mme. Defarge, I’m sure everyone respects your kniting.

Men with stockings! Loud and proud!

Interesting. Club head covers have been around for a long time, but I always assumed that they were there to prevent damage by cushioning the clubs as they jostle around. But in the pre-plating days, a lanolin-rich unscoured yarn would indeed provide protection from rust.