Waist Darts in a 1940s Vintage Sweater // Casual Friday S5E02

In this week's podcast, I have Tidbits; an update to my current vintage sweater project; and tips for evaluating and ranking UFOs to work on during Finish it February.

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SHOW NOTES
My Ravelry project page for the sweater I'm wearing (contains links to the yarn and pattern, if there is one) https://ravel.me/Rox/za

TIDBIT #1 FINERY AND LACE EMBROIDERY
Blog post with photos of early examples of European embroidery
https://tinyurl.com/2fhykb97

TIDBIT #2 STAR SPANGLED BANNER
Teen Vogue article https://www.teenvogue.com/story/the-a...

TIDBIT #3 FIBER ARTIST JO HAMILTON
https://mymodernmet.com/jo-hamilton-c...

TIDBIT #4 MINERVA KNITTING ANNUAL 1950
This book was written by Jane Koster and Margaret Murray, the authors of Practical Knitting Illustrated (and other similar titles).

1940s VINTAGE SWEATER WIP
Pattern: Harlequin, published in Stitchcraft, April 1949

Yarn: Brown Sheep Nature Spun, fingering weight. Colors Silver Charm, Boysenberry, and Harvest Wheat.

My Ravelry project page for this project: https://ravel.me/Rox/h1

To see all the sweaters in my long term project to knit a sweater from each decade from the 1890s to 1990s, check out the set in my Ravelry project notebook called “Vintage”: https://www.ravelry.com/projects/Rox?...

Billie (from Show & Tell Knitting) YouTube channel:    / @showandtellknitting  

FINISH IT FEBRUARY
Last week's video, where the initial sorting of the UFO pile is explained
   • A New Year, A New Vintage Project // ...  

The Finish it February thread in my Ravelry group: https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/rox-r...

0:00 Introduction
0:38 Tidbit #1 Finery and Lace Embroidery
1:28 Tidbit #2 Star Spangled Banner
4:10 Tidbit #3 Fiber Artist Jo Hamilton
4:58 Tidbit #4 Minerva Knitting Annual 1950
11:56 1940s Vintage Sweater WIP
24:39 Finish it February – the Yay! pile


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