This week's Casual Friday podcast kicks off Finish it February 2025, goes behind the scenes of a local mini-mill, I finished spinning a skein of gorgeous handspun, and I get some fabulous gifts from viewers
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FINISH IT FEBRUARY 2025
The FiF discussion thread in my Ravelry group is here: https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/rox-rocks/4344115
The FiF no-chat thread in my Ravelry group (for photos to include in the FiF montage) will be posted to my Ravelry group on February 1. You can find my Ravelry group here: https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/rox-rocks/topics
The sweater I'm fixing is from Vivian Høxbro's book Traditional Danish Sweaters. https://amzn.to/42D5JTp
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You can find more information about the sweater in my Ravelry notebook project page for the sweater: https://ravel.me/Rox/as2
GET BENTZ FIBER MILL
You can find roving and yarn milled at Get Bentz farm here: getbentz.com
The YT page of the North Dakota yarn mill is here: https://www.youtube.com/@EweTube
NORTHERN LIGHTS HANDSPUN
Trish from Fiber Love Diary's YouTube video where she created the Northern Lights colorway is here.
She created three batts in the video. The Northern Lights colorway was done in about the last third of the video, starting at about 1:42:48
GIFTS FROM VIEWERS
Thank you to Cyntosis on Ravelry for the t-shirt and zippered pouch!
Thank you to Linda Rose for the wonderful antique books!
The books are:
The Lady's Assistant in Knitting, Netting and Crochet Work by Jane Gaugain (three different volumes)
The first volume was published in 1842, the second in 1845, and the third in 1857.
The Practical Companion to the Work-Table Containing Directions for Knitting, Netting, and Crochet by Elizabeth Jackson, published 1845
Knitting and Sewing: How to Make Seventy Useful Articles for Men in the Army and Navy by Maud Churchill Niccoll
You can find digital copies of most or all of these books on archive.org
If you have questions about this video, or suggestions for future videos, please let me know down in the comments or on social media.
0:00 Introduction
0:58 Finish it February
14:27 Get Bentz
28:41 Northern Lights
32:18 Gifts from Viewers
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