FabSwingers.com forum: Knitting

Wellingborough

"What has this site come to, just popped into the cam rooms, and in a directing room, there is a women knitting on cam, fully dressed

Given the current political turmoil she may be getting in some practice for the guillotine soon to be erected in Parliament Square.

'At the Place de la Révolution, the women began to amuse themselves by sitting in the sun and watching the daily executions. To make the most of the event, they placed chairs placed around the guillotine. Women who could afford to pay for the seats, stationed themselves in them. There have also been reports that some women were paid to attend these executions so as to create a worthwhile spectacle and encourage large crowds.

When executions were underway, it was these zealous market women who bellowed and jeered. They were also reputedly among the first to express their disapproval of the accused. Between executions, the women entertained themselves by knitting and chatting with one another. Hence, they became known as “les tricoteuses de la Guillotine” from the word tricoter, to knit.'