Spinning Yarns (Wool and Stories) // Casual Friday 4-34

This week's podcast: Tidbits, an update on my hand spinning breed study (and an unexpected connection in my travel and family history to last week's breed study); a finished sock, two works in progress, and how I find the correct point in a tricky self-striping colorway to start the second sock. 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 As an Amazon Associate, I make a small commission on qualifying items purchased via links. TIDBIT #1 Smacking Textiles See the Ravelry thread where people share other smacking textile processes: https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/rox-rocks/4148391 The Waulking Song video enhanced by AI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeSrkZfpAjc&t=66s TIDBIT #2 CHULLO HATS Article on the knitters of Tiquile https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20210831-taquile-where-manliness-is-based-on-knitting Andean Folk Knitting by Cynthia Gravelle Lecount https://amzn.to/3zIOteb TIDBIT #3 GERMAN-CZECH BEAD INDUSTRY http://www.wildthingsbeads.com/article-gcbi.html TIDBIT #4 STUFFED ANIMALS Vlogbrothers video on the woman who (sort of) invented stuffed animals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3SR-fN4G48 TIDBIT #5 SHEEP SHEARING COMPETITION Katie from Right Choice Shearing competes in the Iowa State Fair https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gHfpGmpt8Y TIDBIT #6 FAIR ISLE KNITTER Interview with a Fair Isle knitter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m