Knitting Art and Woven Hose Heels // Casual Friday S05E45

In this week's podcast I have tidbits, I have a tour through the second volume of Weldon's Practical Needlework, published in 1887, and I take a look at the relationship between the heels of 16th century woven hose and knitted stockings. 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/mrc SHOW NOTES TIDBIT #1 Knitting History Forum Conference 28 Jan 2023 11:15 am – 4:45 pm GMT More information here: http://knittinghistory.co.uk/knitting-history-forum-conference-2023/ TIDBIT #2 Humans are knit together: https://post.news/article/2JCC5Yn76BYaPs4xEkkKdlHTaZw TIDBIT #3 Article about Sarah Spencer's hack of a knitting machine: https://tinyurl.com/muuu7ch2 TIDBIT #4 Winding the Skein https://tinyurl.com/y3se9av7 Royal Academy of Art: https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/sara/hd_sara.htm TIDBIT #5 The dogs that grew wool: https://tinyurl.com/mwe9jtt9 TIDBIT #6 18th Century Knitting video: https://youtu.be/oUqni1evk5M Video on unintentionally twisted stitches: https://youtu.be/GXvNxPjsjZI WELDON'S VOLUME 2 You may be able to find a copy of this book from a used bookseller Digital copies of the Knitting, Stocking Knitter, and Crochet series are available from Piecework: https://tinyurl.com/bdz6y738 0:00 Introduction 0:31 Tidbit #1 Knitting History Forum Conference 2:24 Tidbit #2 Humans are knit tog