A Summer Dress, 19th C sock toes, and Some Dyed Handspun / Casual Friday S7E08
In this week's Casual Friday podcast, I have finished objects (knitted and sewn), a birthday textile adventure, and a dye job for my handspun sweater yarn.
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SHOW NOTES
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SPRING BREAK ROAD TRIP
Book: Mending Life: a Handbook for Repairing Clothes and Hearts by Nina and Sonya Montenegro https://amzn.to/3TCVsk6
I purchased yarn at Firefly Fiber Arts Studio https://www.fireflyfiberarts.com/
Maybea Crafted Welcome Home, 100% Michigan Homegrown BFL/Romney Wool, 3-ply Sport Weight, 250 yds/100g, color Birch
I purchased fabric at The Wasteshed. You can learn more about them here: https://www.thewasteshed.com/
I went to the sketch/improv show at Second City https://www.secondcity.com/
You can get a PDF of Natura Exenturata here: https://wellcomecollection.org/works/...
The article about the 1655 stockings by Chris Laning appeared in Piecework Jan/Feb 2013. You can get a digital copy of the magazine on the Piecework website:
You can get a copy of the stocking pattern on Ravelry: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
HAND SPUN SWEATER UPDATE – DYEING
I used the color CYAN from Mother Mackenzie's Miracle Dye Mix on the Clemes and Clemes website. https://clemes.com/product/mother-mac...
I used a 1% solution to dye the handspun yarn.
I spun the yarn using WAM (wool, alpaca, mohair) roving from Get Bentz Farm. https://getbentzfarm.com/
FINISHED OBJECT 19TH CENTURY SPIRAL TOES
The toe is from The Encyclopedia of Needlework by Therese de Dillmont, New Edition, Revised and Englarged. Originally published in the 1890s, it was translated and reprinted many times and is widely available used.
I have videos on Plain Toes in this playlist: • Short Row, Peasant, and Plain Sock Heels
FINISHED OBJECT – KNITTED KNOCKERS
Knitted Knockers website • Short Row, Peasant, and Plain Sock Heels
Yarn I used: Bamboo Pop
Video on pinhole cast on: • Pinhole CO
FINISHED OBJECT – ALDER SHIRTDRESS
Pattern: Alder Shirtdress from Grainline Studios (available in printed patterns or PDF)
The fabric is 100% linen. I don't know anything about the brand.
0:00 Intro
0:23 Spring Break Road Trip
15:49 Hand Spun Sweater
25:13 19th Century Spiral Toes
35:00 Knitted Knockers
43:18 Alder Shirtdress
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