It's Not Stash, it's a Knitting Reference Library // Casual Friday 3-43

In this week's Casual Friday, I have tidbits, some project updates, as well as some thoughts and questions about different yarns and how I realized I was building a yarn reference library, skein by skein. Support me by buying me a coffee on Ko-fi! https://www.ko-fi.com/roxannerichardson My knitting designs: https://www.ravelry.com/designers/roxanne-richardson LINKS TO THINGS MENTIONED IN THE PODCAST Woman buys unfinished projects at estate sales https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2019/10/ritas-quilt/ Webster's Knitting Needles Notions – collection of knitting needles http://knitting-needle-notions.com.au/articles-and-presentations/a-history-of-knitting-tools/ Needlework Tools and Accessories: A Dutch Tradition by Kay Sullivan https://amzn.to/2THP7VV As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. 13th century knitted Spanish cushions (“Spanish Anesthetists”) http://this.is/harpa/saga_prjons/spaensku_pudarnir.html Academic article on twist direction: Motor Skills and the Learning Process: The Conservation of Cordage Final Twist Direction in Communities of Practice https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/jar.57.4.3631352?journalCode=jar YouTube video on how teleidoscopes work https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqGKFDiq9XM&t=2s 1890s sweater: my Ravelry project page with links to the pattern Spinning mule in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOqr-hBV9bw Introduction: 0:00 Tidbit 1 Woman collects UFOs to finish: 0:51 Tidbit 2 Needle collection: 2:51