Finish it February - What I did and didn't finish // Casual Friday S8E05
This week's Casual Friday podcast includes Tidbits, a special finished project, my Finish it February project status, and updates on the handspun yarn for the farm where I'm a fiber volunteer.
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SHOW NOTES
TIDBIT #1 PEMMY'S ABC BOOK
Dr. Isabella Rosner's social media posts about the book
IG / historicembroidery
Blue sky https://bsky.app/profile/isabellarosn...
Article about the book https://bulletin.rijksmuseum.nl/artic...
TIDBIT #2 HAPTIC AND HUE
Modern Daily Knitting blog post https://www.moderndailyknitting.com/c...
Haptic and Hue podcast website: https://hapticandhue.com/listen/
TIDBIT #3 TRY IT AND SEE
Try it and See: The story behind the discovery of mushroom dyes • Try It And See: The story behind the ...
Information about the book can be found in that video's description
LOOSE ENDS FINISHED PROJECT
Find out more about the Loose Ends project here: https://looseends.org/
The pattern is Wingspan by Kyle Vey
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
The Yarn was dyed by Shireen Nadir of The Blue Brick. It is called Manitoulin Merino Sparkle. The colorway used for the shawl I completed is called Muscovy.
https://thebluebrick.ca/
FINISH IT FEBRUARY
The Danish sweater is called Annie's Sweater by Ann Hansen, from the book Traditional Danish Sweaters, by Vivian Høxbro https://amzn.to/3CZ2aN6
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The yarn is Reywa Fibers Haven, 100% Yak in the color Between Worlds
My FiF socks is using Lana Grossa Meilenweit Multieffekt yarn (discontinued) in colorway 3122. the contrast yarn is a solid 4-ply from Regia.
The sweater for the handspun yarn has no published pattern. The roving is from Get Bentz farm. https://getbentzfarm.com/
It's called WAM (wool, alpaca, mohair). It's a 3-ply woolen spun yarn (I spun long draw)
HANDSPUN ON/FOR THE FARM
The farm I volunteer at is the Gale Woods Farm, part of the Three Rivers Park District https://www.threeriversparks.org/loca...
0:00 Introduction
0:24 Tidbit #1 Pemmy's ABC Book
2:06 Tidbit #2 Haptic and Hue
3:24 Tidbit #3 Try it and See
6:15 Tidbit #4 Fixing a loose peg
11:43 Loose Ends finished project
30:15 Finish it February
38:32 Handspun for/on the farm
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