A New Year and a New Skill (Zippers!) // Casual Friday S7E01

Published: 05 January 2024
on channel: Roxanne Richardson
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This week's podcast has Tidbits, a finished project (with a zipper!), a lot of progress on my Royale sweater, and info on Finish it February.

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My knitting designs: https://www.ravelry.com/designers/rox...

My Ravelry project page for the sweater I'm wearing (there's no pattern, because it was reverse engineered from a favorite old cardigan)
SHOW NOTES
TIDBIT #1 18TH CENTURY GOWN
Article: http://tinyurl.com/crujy669

TIDBIT #2 ROMAN DODECAHEDRON
Using a Dodecahedron to knit glove fingers    • Knitting with a Roman Dodecahedron  
Dodecahedron for making gold jewelry    • Solved? The Roman Dodecahedron  

TIDBIT #3 DEATH HEAD BUTTONS
Two videos
   • 18th Century Death's Head Buttons [CC]  
   • How to make a Death's Head button / 18th c...  

FO - ZIPPER NECK
Zipper Neck by Petite Knit https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
Yarn: Cascade 220, color Razzleberry and Knit Picks Aloft, color Gray
My Ravelry Notebook project page: https://ravel.me/Rox/zn

WIP - ROYALE
Royale by Glenna C. https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
Yarn: Cascade 220, color Razzleberry (yes, the same color as I used for Zipper Neck).
My Ravelry Notebook project page: https://ravel.me/Rox/r1

FINISH IT FEBRUARY
Discussion Thread: https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/rox-r...
The thread for finished items will be created on February 1.

Previous videos on how to approach Finish it February can be found in the January episodes of Casual Friday Season 5. The Casual Friday playlist is here:    • Casual Friday Podcasts  


If you have questions about this video, or suggestions for future videos, please let me know down in the comments or on social media.
0:00 Introduction
0:20 Tidbit #1 18th c gown
1:58 Tidbit #2 Roman Dodecahedron
5:24 Tidbit #3 Death Head Buttons
7:02 FO - Zipper Neck
14:28 WIP - Royale Sweater
23:11 Finish it February

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