The First Granny Square Pattern

Re:The First Granny Square Pattern by elliekelly on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @11:50AM (#30700314)

What an interesting link! I really enjoyed the story titled "Helps for Homely Women" about the dangers of mouth-breathing/breathing exercises for corset wearers and the blurb about the etymology of the word "doily". Although I can't seem to find anything to corroborate the doily tale...

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Re:The First Granny Square Pattern by eesmith on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @03:46PM (#30703139)

I read that 'doily' reference too.

https://www.etymonline.com/word/doily says "supposedly from Doiley, surname of a noted late 17c.-early 18c. dry-goods dealer on London's Strand."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doily#Etymology gives a similar description

If I read https://apgalton.wordpress.com/2014/06/ correctly, both are indirectly sourcing the Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology.

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