Finished! A Reverse-Engineered Sweater // Casual Friday S05E30

In this week's podcast, I have tidbits, vintage books from viewers, my finally-finished reverse engineered sweater, and a very brief update on my 1970s vintage sweater.

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SHOW NOTES
TIDBIT #1 WWII Movie Knitting
https://youtu.be/GOeg3GGI7AY?t=5235

TIDBIT #2 Wool-Gathering
Blog post about the etymology of the word https://blog.oup.com/2017/11/woolgathering-word-origins/

TIDBIT #3 Fleece to Fashion Conference
I neglected to state the date/time of the conference
Thu, 8 Sep 2022, 09:00 –
Fri, 9 Sep 2022, 17:00 BST
Also, it's possible that if you are in North America that you will have to get up very early in the morning! Sorry about that!

Register for this event via Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creativity-authenticity-and-sustainability-in-knitted-textiles-online-tickets-352483215787

BOOKS FROM VIEWERS
The two books I received are
Scandinavian Knitwear by Alice Starmore

America's Knitting Book by Gertrude Taylor

These may be available used from Amazon, AbeBooks, or other used book sellers.

FINISHED OBJECT - REVERSE ENGINEERED SWEATER
Yarn: The Fibre Company Cumbria
My Ravelry project page for this sweater: https://ravel.me/Rox/ritng

Videos for techniques I used in this sweater:
Sewing Buttons onto Knitted Buttonbands: https://youtu.be/5DiVYPIZ36k
Alternating Cast On for Double Rib (k2p2): https://youtu.be/QT_Z6u7nyAs
Playlist of videos on sweater styles: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1AZxTfSCe2fcT51YdxUkPcXXTAkwCNG4


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
0:37 Tidbit #1 WWII Movie Knitting
5:05 Tidbit #2 Wool-gathering
6:59 Fleece to Fashion Conference
9:43 Books from Viewers
12:17 Finished Object: Reverse Engineered Sweater
29:58 WIP - 1970s vintage sweater
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