New (to me) Vintage Knitting Books // Casual Friday 4-15

In this week's Casual Friday, I have tidbits, a sewing FO, a sock WIP, some fantastic new vintage knitting book acquisitions (and a return look at an old one), plus Q&A where I ask questions and you give me answers. 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 Design Studies MFA candidate Amanda Thatch will be live streaming her yarn spinning performance “Long Draw (Training for Spinsterhood)” from Apr 16 and 23, 2021, 1-3pm CDT on her YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4A9fiXo-Vc Tidbit #2 Online International Fiber Festival May 1-8 For more information: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABzMLLHVp8Y Tidbit #3 – Knitting women in art https://www.artuk.org/discover/artworks/view_as/grid/search/keyword:knit--collectionx:aberdeen-art-gallery-museums-1 Tidbit #4 The Fifth event of the 19th Century Dress and Textiles Reframed network https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/at-home-with-c19th-dress-textiles-reframed-25th-april-2021-tickets-149956807849 Tidbit #5 https://www.yarnsatyinhoo.com/episode-267/ First in an 8-part series onELIZABETH ZIMMERMANN AND THE EMERGENCE OF CRITICAL KNITTING First 5 are available to listen to. Coming out every 2 weeks Lilly Marsh's dissertation https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2000&context=open_access_dissertations Hole avoidance for underarms, which I adapted for peasant sock hee