Sock Knitting Innovations and a Hand Carved Bird // Casual Friday 4-47

In this week's Casual Friday podcast, we have Tidbits; a stitch dictionary with patterns that can be worked up, down or all-around; a bird made by a favorite uncle; an on-going sock heel experiment; and a favorite circular needle snaps in the midst of a road trip work-in-progress. 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) https://www.ravelry.com/projects/Rox/morning-ramble-cardigan SHOW NOTES TIDBIT #1 KATIKA - PAINTERLY CROCHET https://www.textileartist.org/katika-painterly-crochet/ Katika's website: Katika-art.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/katikaart/ TIDBIT #2 BICKFORD FAMILY KNITTING MACHINE Wikipedia article on stocking frame: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stocking_frame Article about factory that made Bickford machines https://www.reformer.com/community-news/the-dramatic-rise-and-fall-of-a-brattleboro-knitting-machine-manufacturer/article_dd2412dc-3276-11ec-a30d-8385af1fabd2.html Digitized copy of manual for Bickford Family Knitting Machine https://archive.org/details/illustratedinstr01bick/page/n7/mode/2up UP, DOWN, ALL-AROUND STITCH DICTIONARY https://amzn.to/31nGTcZ As an Amazon Associate, I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases SOCK EXPERIMENT The spiral heel that I will be making is based on the spiral toe: Cuff down spiral sock toe