In this week's podcast, I have tidbits, another finished project for Finish it February, and a peek at how I prepare for knitting a vintage pattern when my gauge will be different and the pattern has no schematic.
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SHOW NOTES
Tidbit #1 1971 Australian knitting competition
https://youtu.be/wIFvvwsRTCA
Tidbit #2 Cottage Craft
Wikipedia article on Helen Grace Mowat
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Helen_Mowat
Book about Cottage Craft
https://www.amazon.com/Grace-Helen-Mowat-Making-Cottage/dp/0864925328
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Grace Helen Mowat photo from Canada's Early Women Writers. SFU Library Digital Collections. Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada. 1980-2014
Tidbit #3 Xisqueta sheep
https://vimeo.com/87167116
Finish it February discussion thread, where you can see Trevor's Xisqueta blanket: https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/rox-rocks/4100421/376-400#378
Tidbit #4
https://www.sartorialsocietyseries.com/
Book
Material Lives: Women Makers and Consumer Culture in the 18th century by Serena Dyers available from Bloomsbury UK or Bloomsbury US
Bloomsbury US
https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/material-lives-9781350126961/
Bloomsbury UK
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/material-lives-9781350126961/
FiF – Aran sweater
My Ravelry project page for the sweater:
https://www.ravelry.com/projects/Rox/zwartbles-aran
Zwartbles Ireland website
http://zwartblesireland.com/
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https://twitter.com/ZwartblesIE
Vintage sweater
My Ravelry project page:
https://www.ravelry.com/projects/Rox/andrew-stewart-serial-no-204
0:00 Introduction
0:36 Tidbit #1 1971 Knitting competition
3:37 Tidbit #2 Cottage Craft
6:27 Tidbit #3 Xisqueta sheep
8:06 Tidbit #4 Sartorial Society Series
12:40 Tidbit #5 Livestream
13:46 Finish it February
19:54 1960s Vintage Sweater prep
30:23 Making a schematic
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