17th century Dutch whaler hunters & workmen wore knitted wool hats with unique stripe patterns to identify themselves; winters were very cold and the men had to wear so much to protect themselves from it that only their eyes were visible. More details (such as they are) here. I find the idea of personalized stripes really appealing and might someday design something based on this concept. It’s a neat idea!
Personal stripes is a wonderful idea. Now I must think about what stripes would be for me 🙂
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That’s what I was thinking, kind of. There must be a way to code letters of the alphabet into stripes so you could spell your name in stripes. It’s time like this I wish I’d learned Morse code or paid more attention to ciphers/cryptogram/codes, etc.
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Wouldn’t it be funny if you made a ‘spelling mistake’ part way through?!
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lol – yes, but it would be kind of an inside joke.
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This has totally captured me – what an amazing fact! I love stuff like this, wow.
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I’m glad you like it!
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