Exploiting You: Lethal Crafts
So as you probably know, Bob and I are writing a three book series that takes place in Rocky Start, home of many retired spies. The second book is very male-oriented, but the third book is more female. Somebody is killing the female agents in town, so they’re meeting at the coffee shop one of them owns to strategize. And they all brings crafts to make the meeting less obvious. It’s stitch and bitch, except more stitch and strategize. Stitch and slay.
So the crafts. Rose crochets and she’s the only one who isn’t an ex-agent, so that’s fine. Betty knits and I think she’s sharpened her needles. I asked on Rav and somebody suggested she use Hiya Hiya Sharps, and they do look capable of damage, but it think Better would sharpen them more.
That leaves Lian, who I think embroiders, Bea, Louise,and Coral. There will probably be a couple more, including one character who’s a doctor and not an ex-spy (Jacqueline), so she probably hasn’t weaponized her craft.
So: lethal crafts. Got any ideas?
Rose: crochet
Lian: embroidery (I think)
Betty: knitting
Coral: (German background if that helps)
Bea: (beekeeper)
Louise: (man trap, home wrecker)
Jacqueline: (doctor, not an ex-spy)
Character to be named later:
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I always like reading about the trick where pills and money were sewn into the hems of garments. Or what about a purse maker/fabricator who creates secret compartments for storing vials and tiny bottles of lethal vitals?
Oh, sewing. That's good. Let me think.
Ceramics has some possibilities :). Maybe metalworking or woodworking?
Wood carving maybe. Has to be something she could bring to a coffee shop. But wood carving would work. Thank you.
Leather working a punch type thing that could be lethal.
Quilting definitely counts. Leather working awls, also good. Excellent ideas.
Cross stitch or embroidery- there are needles and the embroidery floss could be used as garrotes.Drawing - sharps are used to sharpen charcoals.
Painting - poisons could be included in the paints and turpentine.
There are also specific types of embroidery: there is Ribbon embroidery- different widths of ribbons for various garrotes plus various needles. Plus you have Crewel (sounds like cruel for fun word play).
Sketching/drawing for landscape designs... I've always thought a sharpened pencil in the femoral artery or compass point to the eye would be useful, plus, if it's design-build you'd have access to heavy machinery and big holes in the ground to hide evidence/bodies, poisonous plants, toxic chemicals, the list goes on!
Felting… my sister has been making cute animals and other things. It’s something that is portable. It involves needles (aka., sharp objects)
