Stockings of My Ancestors and Knitted Surprises // Casual Friday S8E24

In this Casual Friday podcast episode, I discover what sorts of knitted items my immigrant ancestors probably wore, I look at whether shoe size is a good indicator of what size sock to knit, and I have opinions about whether or not surprise knitting is a good idea. 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://ravel.me/Rox/r1 SHOW NOTES WWI KNITTING Vintage knitting books shown: American Red Cross Women's Bureau, Washington D.C. Instructions for Knitting Handbook of Wook Knitting and Crochet, published by Needlecraft Publishing Company 1918 (the photos and text of this booklet are available on Project Gutenberg) Bäuerliches Stricken 1 by Lisl Fanderl (there are three volumes to this set) Rural Pennsylvania Clothing by Ellen J. Gehret Information about the 1709/1710 Palatine Migration (there's a long section in this Wikipedia article about that migration: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palatines SOCKS FOR A FRIEND Using Heel Diagonal to Calculate a Better Fitting Flap: https://youtu.be/8sXx-_jJy-c Plain Heel aka "Insta-Thought" Heel: https://youtu.be/M5svIt880Hs Modifying Plain Heel for a better fit: https://youtu.be/N-qCdM7p9mw Lots of videos on adjusting the fit of sock heels in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1AZxTfSCe2fj0ONuDlcVEz45wHDo