dah di da dit di di dit (CS) followed by the call sign for the station being called.

dah di di dit dah (BT) was another bit of shorthand.

dah di dah is K which is used for 'over'

I've...

My brother has a licence - he knew someone with a budgie (budgerigar) which imitated Morse code in the background when he was chatting - used to joke that if it made any sense he'd have to get it a...

I'd not use Velcro there.

Try a couple of D rings and tape.

I fold some sturdy cotton tape into 3 layers to narrow it and sew down the edge, attach it to the outer face of the under apron a few...

That is tiny - I think I'm a 57. Maybe they are for sale because they've shrunk in the wash.....

Anne the Pleater

Caps are not difficult to make if you want to try your hand at DIY. I've made various costumes over the years and it seems easy enough once you get the basic concept. If you try it out with scrap...

You don't have to pull the stitch tight as you sew - you can leave some slack if it helps you get to the underside of the fold being fixed down, so maybe half a dozen stitches and then draw in the...

I used to use a gas mask bag as a shoulder bag back when I was a student.

I had Swedish combat gear as protective clothing for caving and still have the jacket, plus a military water bottle and...

Alpaca - I strongly suspect - would not hold a pleat.
I tried knitting with it once and although it seemed alright when first made, when worn it sagged, bagged and stretched dreadfully.
My husband...

Watch out for infection or blood poisoning. I have a song in my collection called 'The Sheffield Grinders' and one verse warns of this

Every single day we are breathing dust and steel
A broken...

Victorian gentlemen night well have had a silk kilt, shirt, lace and hose for evening wear, in a more standard format of course, but silk none the less.

Anne the Pleater

Trying to go to the website included in the last post flashed up a red warning as the site appears to have been reported as unsafe.

If anyone wants a similar pattern I have loads of then and...

My paternal grandmother was a Wilson and the family were cleared off their land in Scotland and were able to travel down the coast to Yorkshire by boat, allegedly with a couple of goats. The women of...

I think that female naval officers do not carry swords as a rule, having seen them at their passing out parades, but there could be separate rules for such unusual occasions as we have seen in the...

No problem - I generally have a browse around at least once in the week and you never know what might turn up on the boxes.

Anne the Pleater

I am about to go to a folk festival - in Sidmouth, Devon - and I can keep an eye out for these - there are, normally, several large stands which set up for the week and have thousands of old...

If you feel an affinity, go for it, I'd say.

I have some ancient Armstrong tartan which I felt drawn to - it was some time after the purchase I recalled that my father had an engineer ancestor on...

These days I carry a small compass and a tiny torch as they have proven useful for finding my way around both walking and driving.
Many places have folk clubs and music sessions, some have an annual...

Hmm - maybe a sporran with miniature headlamps to light the way on dark unlit terrain coupled with less directional illumination under the vamp of the brogues to give light to one's companion would...

Some of my kilts are quite heavy, around 4lb of fabric is not unusual. Add in an underskirt, leather strap and showy metal buckle, reinforcement at the waist and easily 5lb, yet once on it really is...

Kilts tend to reference the style values of an older time, and so an adult woman would not wear a short skirt.
When I think of a properly dressed woman from my youth they would be wearing a skirt...

The colour is closest to the photo of me wearing it - though why they are sideways or upside down I do not know.

Anne the Pleater

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As part of the designing of a commission for a blue bonnet, I have made an Outlander style cap in pale blue/sky blue wool - and when preparing the yarn cut it and tied knots so that the finished item...

I was just thinking 'wow 15 years eh?' and then wondered how long I'd been a member - Ah - 15 years all but a few weeks.

How easily time passes when in good company.

Anne the Pleater

Yes, it looks like shillings and pence, except where it is guineas, of course.

Anne the Pleater