Can I Hide a Secret Message in Embroidery??

What do espionage, embroidery, and binary codes have in common? Not much. Until now! My brain works in peculiar circles, and as such, I came up with a random idea while stuck at work: what if I could embroider a latticework that hides a message using binary code? Well, I figured it would be an interesting exploration, so I went home and did it! And while I was at it, I made this lovely little video about it that ended up being much longer than I intended because not only was making this binary lattice a longer process than expected but I also went down a whole new rabbit hole of spies and the textile arts in history. Therefore, there's a bit of a history lesson from a completely unknowledgeable person in there too. Enjoy, and happy stitching! Textile arts topics discussed in this video came from the following links: Wartime Knitting: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles... Read about Pippa LaTour: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/6351... Mary, Queen of Scots embroidery: https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/prison... Victorian language of flowers: https://www.almanac.com/content/flowe... The language of flowers in embroidery: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/vi... The Casdagli Sampler: https://trc-leiden.nl/trc-needles/ind... Hutsuls, and other interesting stuff: https://adanewmedia.org/2018/05/issue... Miao embroidery: https://theculturetrip.com/asia/china... Images courtesy of the Library of Congress Music from Soundstripe Sound editing by Matheus Braz