The Search for the Perfect Buttons // Casual Friday 4-32

In this week's podcast, I have Tidbits, handspun from five different breeds, and the perfect buttons for my 1950s vintage sweater. 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 SHOW NOTES TIDBIT #1 Zoe Fletcher's website, https://thewoolist.co.uk/our-story Here is an interview with her https://yarnandknitting.com/interview-with-the-woolist-zoe-flectcher/ Clara Parkes' website: The Wool Channel https://www.thewoolchannel.com/ TIDBIT #2 Kickstarter Campaign for Lonk breed yarn https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/projectlonk/project-lonk-proper-yorkshire-yarn/posts TIDBIT #3 Oseberg Viking ship grave https://www.vikingsofbjornstad.com/MuseumVikingShipOslo.shtm The Oseberg ship was found in 1904 outside Tønsberg in Vestfold. The archaeologists who excavated it quickly realized that this was the most beautiful Viking tomb ever found. https://www.khm.uio.no/english/visit-us/viking-ship-museum/exhibitions/oseberg/ TIDBIT #4 Myths and mysteries of Fair Isle knitting https://fleecetofashion.gla.ac.uk/the-myths-and-mysteries-of-fair-isle-knitwear-619/ TIDBIT #5 The three books I showed were The Columbia Book of the Use of Yarns, 2nd edition, published 1901 The Columbia Book of Knitting and Crocheting, published 1936 The Columbia Knitting Manual, Vol. 109, published 1946 BUTTONS The 1950s vintage jacket is from Beehive Book No. 88. BREED STUDY I bought my 30-breed