However, I’ve been photographing the square for many years now and, as I was editing the film I started finding images that showed aspects of the square that I had forgotten about. IMAGES OF MITRE SQUARE THEN AND NOW United States War Department (1940). Topographic Drafting. U..S. Government Printing Office. pp.27–28. Archived from the original on 2020-09-02 . Retrieved 2020-10-18.

I hope that you found this tutorial for knitting the mitred square blanket to be helpful. If you find any errors, please let me know. I edit and proofread all the patterns and tutorials that I write myself, but I know the odd error may creep in. Anything spotted by eagle eyed readers is always helpful and appreciated!

THE SQUARE AT THE TIME

In 2019 an information board was placed on the wall of the Sir John Cass School, which lines the Square’s south side. TBH, we still get all tingly when we watch a straight row of knitting suddenly transform into a mitered square. It’s like magic: The simplest stitches turn into a totally new and beautiful shape, thanks to two easy decreases. Agrell, David (2013-06-07). "How to Use a Rafter Square". Popular Mechanics. Archived from the original on 2014-08-19 . Retrieved 2020-10-17. BSI - BS 3322 - Specification for Carpenters' Squares and Bevels | Engineering360". standards.globalspec.com. Archived from the original on 2020-10-18 . Retrieved 2020-10-17.

The area where Eddowes' body was found has altered a lot. Gone are the empty houses and Mr Taylors shop. These have been replaced by benches and flower beds (built 1986). The pavement around Mitre Square is very similar to the pavement of 1888. However the most redeeming feature is the fact that Mitre Square remains 'cobbled'. The setts of 1888 ran in a different line to those of today. Obviously the Square has been re-cobbled, however it is possible that the ones that used to lay there in 1888 where the same as todays, just laid differently.

WHAT JOSEPH LAWENDE SAW

Sometimes called a carpenter’s square, this can be used in the same manner as a try and mitre square.

How to Use a Speed Square". The Family Handyman. Archived from the original on 2022-07-10 . Retrieved 2020-10-17. There were three entrances into the square - a fairly wide one that came in from Mitre Street; the narrower St James Place (known locally as the Orange Market) in the square’s north east corner; and the long, narrow Church Passage in the south east corner that came in from Duke’s Place. PC WATKINS PASSED THROUGH AT 1.30AM Were you to look towards the corner where the flower bed now stands in 1888, this is the sight that would have greeted you. Mitre Square As It Was Mitre Square, situated about half a mile to the west of Berner Street, lay just inside the City of London boundary. Our range of Large Marking / Measuring Tools is primarily for use with sheet materials or large projects.Doing it that way, I was able to measure the blanket, every so often to see if it was about the size that I wanted it to be.

All in all, this can be a great beginner project. These squares are super fast to knit and don’t require a lot of complicated knitting techniques either. If you add multiple colors, you can even create very complex-looking designs that are super easy to create nevertheless (like this super easy pillow cover pattern). The wrong side of the same square

JACK THE RIPPER’S LONDON THEN AND NOW

Each square measures 9.5cm x 9.5cm (3.75″ x 3.75″), but as the blanket grows in size the squares stretch a little bigger due to the weight of the surrounding squares. Mitered squares get their name from the beveled joint between two pieces of wood. In knitting, decreases make the knitting look like it’s turning at right angles, forming a diagonal line of stitches from corner to corner. It was in the southernmost corner of Mitre Square that the mutilated body of Catherine Eddowes was found at 1.45am on 30 September 1888. It represented the westernmost of the Whitechapel Murders and was the only crime committed in The City of London.