Oldest Known Stocking Pattern and Prep for Finish it February // Casual Friday S8E01

In this first Casual Friday episode of season 8, I get ready for Finish it February with two sweaters that need some major modifications; I finished a 17th century stocking based on the first known published stocking pattern; and I spend a week trying to save time on a dyeing experiment . 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 My Ravelry project page for the sweater I'm wearing (contains links to the yarn and pattern, if there is one) https://ravel.me/Rox/kps SHOW NOTES FINISH IT FEBRUARY Ravelry chat group for FiF: https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/rox-rocks/4344115/1-25 Ravelry notebook project page for the handspun sweater (there is no pattern): https://ravel.me/Rox/hgs Ravelry notebook project page for the Danish Night Sweater (includes links to the pattern and yarn) https://ravel.me/Rox/as2 The book is Traditional Danish Sweaters by Vivian Høxbro: https://amzn.to/3DYZ4Zf This is an Amazon affiliate link. Purchases made through this link earn me a small commission at no additional cost to you. FINISHED OBJECT - 1655 STOCKINGS My Ravelry project notebook page for the stocking: https://ravel.me/Rox/1s (link to the pattern and yarn I used can be found there) Natura Exernata: https://archive.org/details/b30332758/page/416/mode/2up Other socks and stockings featured Groeningen infant's stocking (oldest extant stocking found in Europe) Tudor era stockings: