Mail Ordering Yarn 100 Years Ago // Casual Friday 3-46

In this week's podcast, I am squirreling away yarn for the long winter, I find delight in the yarns available by mail order a century ago, and I talk through the techniques I'm using to knit my Aran sweater (some are knitting techniques, and some are used for tracking where I am and where I'm going) 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 MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST: Database of Canadian mail order catalogs: https://tinyurl.com/yy7yn52h Dictionary of the Scots Language https://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/wheel_n_v1 Dictionary of Textiles (1915) https://archive.org/details/dictionaryoftext00harmrich Dictionary of Needlework (late 19th century) https://archive.org/details/DictionaryNeedlework/page/n611/mode/2up Yarn sources Plütolopi yarn from Schoolhouse Press: https://www.schoolhousepress.com/ Ullcentrum Z-tvinnat garn (for twined knitting) Belfast Mini-Mills Island Collection Worsted: https://www.minimills.net/knitting Icelandic DK weight sock yarn Hosuband: https://www.shopicelandic.com/collections/hosuband-wool-yarn My Ravelry project page for the sweater I'm wearing: https://www.ravelry.com/projects/Rox/morning-ramble-cardigan Introduction: 0:00 Tidbit #1: Make Do and Mend Idea: 0:51 Tidbit #2 Knitting Squirrel Prepares for Winter: 6:02 Tidbit #3: What is Wheeling? (Canadian Mail Order Catalog): 16:22 Aran Sweater update: 24:42 Three ways to cro