Sweater Ancestor: The Polka Jacket // Casual Friday 3-30

In this week's podcast, I have tidbits, an exploration of the 19th century polka craze, including a knitted polka jacket (not related to the dance, they just share the name), and an introduction to my next vintage project. 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 Mrs. Wilson's Knitting Circle RSVP link (it may be too late to RSVP) https://my.theworldwar.org/6006 National WWI Museum YouTube channel (the 8/1 livestream video will be posted there some time in the future) https://www.youtube.com/user/NationalWWIMuseum CosTube guide (includes link to CoCoVid schedule) https://linktr.ee/CosTubeGuide Engineering Knits YT channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgvZeK265kSMQLXJe00vpA DROPS international knitting glossary https://www.garnstudio.com/glossary.php?langf=en&langt=us string-or-nothing's international knitting glossary https://string-or-nothing.com/international-glossary/ Excuse Me? Group on Ravelry https://www.ravelry.com/groups/excuse-me Article about Bosom Friends http://thedreamstress.com/2011/12/terminology-what-is-a-bosom-friend/ Mrs Gaugain's Knit Polka booklet, 1847 https://archive.org/details/krl00402924/mode/2up Lady's Assistant (also includes a pattern for a Polka Jacket), 1842 https://archive.org/details/krl00376346/page/n5/mode/2up Piecework Jan/Feb 2013 Historical Knitting issue: https://sho