How to Calm a Knitter's Nerves and Distitch Review // Casual Friday 3-12

In this week's Casual Friday podcast, I look for ways to calm my soul so that I can knit (which calms me more), I review Distitch by Assia Brill, get stuck on my Roaring '20s sweater, and start a new project using Shetland wool. Support me by buying me a coffee on Ko-fi! https://www.ko-fi.com/roxannerichardson To jump to a specific point in the video, click on the adjacent time-stamped link: Introduction: 0:00 Tidbits: 0:40 Distitch: 8:11 Distitch demonstration of knit and purl: 21:30 Roaring '20s sweater project update: 26:55 Roadside Beanie Shetland wool project: 33:18 LINKS TO WEBSITES AND OTHER THINGS MENTIONED IN THE PODCAST: NPR story on 3 pop culture recommendations to calm your nerves: https://www.npr.org/2020/03/16/816657853/three-pop-culture-recommendations-to-calm-your-nerves Norwegian "slow TV" show for National Knitting Night, including the "back to back" competition: https://tv.nrk.no/serie/national-knitting-eve/2013/DVNR30004613/avspiller DISTITCH: A New Knitting Concept by Assia Brill: https://amzn.to/3bi1OO3 Assia's website: https://assiabrill.com/ The article discussion the oldest extant knitting, an example of what was then called "compound knitting" https://loopholes.blog/2017/12/19/structure-of-early-egyptian-knitting/?fbclid=IwAR14UL6V8yH1vnL_yiakZ9Rrrft9y_fqaZpEPqzeEOUrTL-J-Ihr8g4uPO8 Archeological Textiles Review No. 60, 2018 issue (proposes the term "two-course simple knit" instead of "compound knitting" http://www.webshophum-en.ku.dk/shop/a