Discovering the Secret to How a Special Sock Was Knit // Casual Friday S05E41

This week's podcast has Tidbits; Hints for getting started on knitting hats without a pattern; Solving the mystery of how a knitter born 120 years ago knit her socks. 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: https://ravel.me/Rox/fwt SHOW NOTES TIDBIT #1 ESTONIAN WOOL WEEK Twitter thread from Sophie Peng https://twitter.com/palunmullekohv/status/1593158590520774657 TIDBIT #2 MIK SOCK KNITTERS HELP Anna Kingstone's blog post: https://annkingstone.com/socks-for-soldiers/ You can see the entire contents of the WWII-era kit on this website: https://www.prints-online.com/man-khaki-instructions-knitting-socks-ww1-14168998.html TIDBIT #3 MELISSA VENTOSA MARTIN Financial Times article: https://www.ft.com/content/3a24f7ae-4d52-46af-a15d-d3781a25b518 HATS - PATTERN FREE How to measure a head for a knitted hat: https://youtu.be/9f-EmOWpKcE How to knit a hat without a pattern: https://youtu.be/80kAQmnQU0A Interweave article: https://www.interweave.com/article/knitting/improvised-hat-with-stash-yarn/ Interweave article: https://www.interweave.com/article/knitting/hat-crown-decreases-explained/ SOCK MYSTERY The double bind off can be found in this blog post https://www.schoolofsweetgeorgia.com/double-bind-off/ In this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIEZSi0-8BM And in the book Knitting in the Old Way