Stitch Dictionaries, Podcasts, and Sleeping Beauty // Casual Friday #26
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- Опубліковано 28 чер 2018
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In this episode of Casual Friday, I offer Stitch Dictionary recommendations; ask for podcast recommendations; give a spinning update; find myself horrified by a fairytale, make shopping errors, and invite your questions.
Stitch dictionary recommendations: 0:10
Thank yous and podcast requrests: 21:25
Spinning update: 27:35
Sleeping Beauty: 37:20
Shopping errors: 45:27
Send me your questions: 51:03
My pattern designs shown in this video:
Leif: www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
Translated: www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
Stitch dictionaries mentioned in this video:
A Treasury of Knitting Patterns by Barbara G. Walker: amzn.to/2RVcrNC
A Second Treasury of Knitting Patterns by Barbara G. Walker:
The New Knitting Stitch Library by Leslie Stanfield: amzn.to/2ClgXQ9
Harmony Guide to Knitting Stitches: amzn.to/2NJLhGs
Viking Patterns for Knitting: Inspiration and Projects for Today's Knitter by Elsebeth Lavold: amzn.to/2COJcaW
Twisted-Stitch Knitting by Maria Erlbacher: amzn.to/2CldlOd
Ravelry Group *Rox Rocks*: www.ravelry.com/groups/rox-rocks
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This was what I was looking for, the books you mentioned. I was totally surprised by the Sleeping Beauty story! I took a few spinning classes, and realized its not my thing. I think I will just listen to every one of your Casual Fridays!
OMG Roxanne! StitchMastery! I had used a program that no longer works on my computer and missed it sorely. Thank you, thank you.❤
“I always prefer the heroine to be actively involved and not unconscious...” I died.
sleeping beauty...great spinning wheel (walking wheel) could have a very pointed spindle sometimes...
So glad you like Wool n Spinning! Her teaching content is great. You singles look fantastic, can’t wait to see the green plied up. Watching how colors move and shift and optically blend is one of my favorite things about spinning
Hi Roxanne! If you’re still looking for a podcast i have two i listen to while knitting. The first is The Allusionist which is all about words and language and the other is The Moth which are stories of personal accounts of the storyteller.
I really appreciate that you look directly at the camera. It makes it more personal. I actually, prompted you when you hesitated over a word.
A couple of audiopodcasts i like are The Sheepspot Podcast (very good and very listenable) and The History of English Podcast (you may want to start with episode 110: Dyed in the Wool). Old episodes of Cast On by Brenda Dayne are great to have running in the back ground. She doesn’t podcast any more but her episodes were so relaxing and enjoyable. She has a great radio voice
If you like podcasts about language, can I recommend ‘Something Rhymes with Purple’ - Gyles Brandreth and Susie Dent are an unlikely combination but there are now over 100 episodes, many thousands of listeners all over the world, and this title won podcast of the year in 2020 (though who knows which Awards that was - there are so many - probably a UK one as it’s a UK based podcast).
In addition to Wool 'n Spinning, another excellent spinning podcaster is "Tiny Fibre Studio"...! Great podcast, Rox! I love these little "bunny trails" that you share with us! Happy spinning!!!
Am so enjoying you all your learning experiences on your wool and spinning 'journey' - fascinating :-)
I enjoy visiting with you and I’m delighted to recommend a few of my favorite podcasts: Pop Culture Happy Hour (npr), How Did This Get Made (R rated), Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me (pri), Fresh Air (npr), Adam Ruins Everything (comedy/education). Btw, I don’t own a tv so books on tape, UA-cam and podcasts are my ongoing entertainment. Also, recommend “Fruity Knitting” wonderful interview-oriented knitting video cast.
Suzanne Berry LOVE Fruity Knitting!
Me too; the quality of the content is so impressive! I just recently discovered it, then went looking for Episode 1 so I can see them all in order. My only sort-of-negative comment is that the episodes are so long I find it hard to watch one in one sitting!
I guess Im asking randomly but does someone know a tool to get back into an instagram account?
I was dumb forgot my password. I would love any assistance you can give me!
I know this is older but some of my favorite true crime podcasts are: Teachers pet, Root of Evil, Missing Alissa, Broken Harts, and To live and die in LA. I have some others on my listen list but haven't listened yet, so I can't recommend those. Hope this helps!
Oh also tiny fiber studio is a great spinning video. Becks is really good
Excellent recommendations thank you so much!
TrueCrime Podcasts: The Vanished Podcast, The Generation Why Podcast, Unresolved podcast, Court Junkie.
General podcasts: The White Vault (international thriller), The Amelia Project (humor), Girl in Space (science fiction), Myths and Legends, 99% Invisible (design in the world).
There are probably more history podcasts then anyone could listen to, so if your genealogy takes you to a specific place and time more than likely there's a podcast for that.
Thank you!
I definitely relate to your feelings toward audio books, because that is exactly how I feel toward the ones I have listened to.
I utterly adore audio books, just as I love books, which I read on my iPhone, iPad, Macbook, or just in regular book form. And, I am a Formula One reader. It’s the content that matters! After the first few words, I no longer notice the narrator’s voice, diction, speed etc. The caveat is that I stick to forensics, police or PI procedurals, or thrillers. It must be plot-driven. Then I can knit and “read” at the same time!
So glad i finally listened to a casual friday. I love your tutorials! So nice to hear your from Minnesota, ill have to check out the fiber coop when i visit my hometown soon! I love the audio podcast - a way with words - an npr style 1hr call in show about language. Im also just starting to get into Criminal audio podcast.
Just found you thanks to Donna on In A Pickle! Loved listening to you!!
Try Embedded and In the Dark podcasts! We just drove across Texas and these podcasts were a lifesaver!
Sleeping Beauty cold case👸🏼
I have no idea how I stumbled onto this channel, but I am so glad I did! Very informative and well made video (I can hear you clearly! YAY!). Thank you for sharing your stitch patterns- I look forward to exploring the rest of your channel! ^_^
Hi Roxanne. Saw this book today in a Michael's Store (Canada): Japanese Knitting Stitch Bible: 260 Exquisite Patterns by Hitomi Shida. Do you have any knowledge of it -- the patterns look quite complicated, yet amazing. Is it hard to catch on to reading charts vs. patterns?
I have a couple of Japanese stitch dictionaries. Some of the charting symbols they use are the same, some are different. There are resources on Ravelry (probably groups or threads in the main forums) that help to decipher how some of the stitches are to be worked. I much prefer working from charts than from written instructions, but it helps to be able to read your knitting.
Hi Roxanne, I love your videos... At the beginning you said it will have at the top a link for the general techniques video, and I don’t see it, so could you please send me the link. Also I would like to know wich spinning wheel did you buy, could you give me the brand and model. And last, could you on a causual friday, explain what is the difference between stranded colorwork, intarsia, fair isle and mosaic knitting, if possible could you show us exemple of those 3 techniques, can we see the wrong and right side.
I will add the link to the video! Thank you for pointing out that I forgot to put that in. I did a video a few weeks back where I talked about the wheels I tried, and how I made my decision. I ended up with a Lendrum double treadle "complete" package. I am planning a series of Technique Tuesday videos starting in just a few weeks on color work, so watch for those to come soon, but I might just show examples of mosaic, intarsia and stranded (Fair Isle is a subset of stranded) in a Casual friday episode prior to that.
You can see a list of all the Casual Friday videos from the Casual Friday playlist.
Thank you!
hi roxanne,
I "found" your friday podcast about half a year ago (when you started it?) and then also discovered your technique tuesday videos. thanks for so many interesting topics all about knitting. today I´m writing because I was absolutly impressed that you showed some german/austrian books/ booklets.
As an austrian I´ve heard about these ("Überlieferte Strickmuster aus dem steirischen Ennstal"- which is a region in Austria, but I think due to the neighbourhood of southern Bavaria and Austria some traditional "patterns" are very similar) but haven´t got them yet. I just want to offer help in translating from any of these books you showed if you ever need it any more. And I´m happy to have a good reason to get some new (to me) knitting books.
many thanks and greetings from Austria :)
What a fantastic offer! Thank you! The Bäuerliches Stricken books are the ones that contain the historical information about the patterns, and the schools young girls went to that trained them in their skills. They have many wonderful charts, but she also talks a bit about which specific stitch patterns were known to come from which specific villages. Maria Erlbacher's books are mostly just charts, plus they have already been translated, but Lisl Fanderl's books....I wish I could read them. I may take you up on your offer at some point!
Some of my favorite series to knit by include ' Inspector Morse', followed by it's sequel, 'Lewis', 'The Midsomer Murders' and the 'George Gently' series. Many of which are available on UA-cam.
The production company for Forensic Files was down the street from where I worked. They would come in and ask if anyone would like to be in an episode. I played a murdered waitress!! It made me laugh that you've watched those.
A murdered waitress!?! Lucky!!! :-)
There is an online database of patterns from all 3 of Barbara Walkers: www.knittingonthenet.com/stitches/bw.htm
My current favorite audio podcasts are Someone Knows Something (Crime) (especially seasons 2 & 4), Generation Why (Crime), Undisclosed (Crime), Finding Cleo (Crime), Reply All (internet mysteries), and Dishing Up Nutrition (Nutrition and Health) (produced in the Twin Cities). And an older one with only 6 episodes but so wonderful - Mystery Show with Starlee Kine (solving small mysteries). I like to listen to audio podcasts when I'm cooking or driving. Not sure why I like Crime stories, but I do. Love your podcast!!!
Can you do a video on the best blocking method (s) for cable knits?
Great idea! Thanks! :-)
RE: your green fibre that changed colour, perhaps the transparency pre-spun can be compared to wet paint. When wet it's lighter and when dried it's darker, where the fibre is lighter and when spun it get's darker. I'm not a spinnner and am not saying this is the case, but just throwing a 'perhaps' out there.
A great fibre related podcast that I enjoy is Woolful. It has now become the Making podcast. Both are great.
Great question to your audience regarding podcasts. I've yet to listen to one (and actually don't know much about them). Love mystery shows, but miss too much while knitting, so the podcast sounds like a better solution. Loved the info on spinning, color changes, etc., and who da thunk it on Sleeping Beauty. Great little tale!
Sleeping Beauty gets worse, if you can believe it! After the prince/king returns (he's already married), and his wife gets wind of "the other woman," she hatches a truly awful plan for getting rid of them. It's just so horrendous. I keep wondering what the point was of these tales? They're basically 16th century Stephen King horror novellas. How are they for children?!?!?
Ha! I wondered this too. Not books you'd think of reading to children. Maybe because life was so much more difficult back then, these weren't as grizzly tales as they seem.
You might enjoy the show Cold Justice. It's another one you can just listen to. I like crime shows too.😀
I also watch The First 48 hours, or listen to.
Interweave redid the Harmony Guides for crochet stitches recently, and must've done the same for the knitting stitches series. I find that I still use the newer Interweaves alongside the Harmony Guides, though.
www.amazon.com/Harmony-Guides-Knit-Purl/dp/1596680563/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1530300579&sr=8-1&keywords=interweave+harmony&dpID=51mZqXrY0GL&preST=_SX218_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=srch
Now I'm on a podcast binge. What a knitters revelation! Here are some more reviewed: www.esquire.com/entertainment/a55036/best-podcasts-2017/
Hi. I love your videos! The podcasts I listen to, that I think you’d like are Science Friday, hidden Brain, Freakonomics, Splendid Table (if you’re a foodie) , Ted Radio Hour, Teach Your Brain to Knit, Sheepspot; I also like New Dimensions...a little on the spiritual side...don’t know if you are interested....Thanks for the work you put into your show. It’s fun to follow along on your fiber journeys.
Greetings, Rox, and thank you for your outstanding extemporaneous videos, I feel so much more informed with every one I watch! My question for today is, having shown us some books on Bavarian Twisted Knitting, do you have any sources for how to fix mistakes in this type of knitting? I am not ever too sure how to tink back or frog, and then know how to pick up twisted stitches properly. Pre-existing resources would be great, or maybe this would be a good topic for a Technique Tuesday? Thanks in advance!
If the mistake is that I worked the wrong round, then I tink back. Enter twisted sts from back to front rather than front to back when tinking, in order to untwist them. YOu might need to pop a 2-st cable off the needle to reorder the sts, if they were crossed in the wrong place, and then recapture the sts. Typically, my problem was that I crossed a single cable the wrong way (r over l instead of l over right, for example), so I fix just those two sts when I come to them. I might need to slip them to a dpn and then rework them from there. Not sure how to explain it, and I don't know of a source off the top of my head. I came to these stitch patterns pretty far into my knitting experience, so it wasn't much of an issue for me to figure out how to fix them. Sorry if that's not terribly helpful.
This IS helpful and is a great start for me to see how to commence figuring my way out of errors in twisted knitting on my own! Sometimes even just being pointed in the right direction is the right launch. For me, sometimes it is not just having worked a stitch wrong in a row below that needs a fix: I can get baffled just from dropping a twisted stitch and trying to figure out how to work it back up properly.
I am trying to even think through the entire process of twisting a stitch and it seems to me that it is the stitch BELOW the finished one on the right hand needle that got the twisted treatment during the knitting of it through the back loop - in that, it is the entrance through the trailing leg (as a Western knitter, i.e. through the back loop while on the left hand needle) that causes the stitch to twist, but then throwing the yarn counterclockwise to seat the stitch seems to make resultant stitch sit on the right hand needle Western after it is worked, but it is the stitch beneath it that comes out twisted once it is on the right hand needle. At least that is how it appears to me, but I am thinking it through, and have not gone on yet to puzzle out the "unworking" of twisted cables. That is my next swatch test, and I will observe carefully during tinking to see when to enter the stitch from back to front to preserve the twist.
Hi A great true crime podcast is “Casefile true crime” each session is about an hour long.
I really enjoyed the first 2 seasons of Sarah Koenig's investigative journal podcast "Serial." In season one she takes you all through a real murder trial where a lot of things don't add up, interviews tons of people, and goes through a lot of documentation to try to figure out what the heck is going on (and apparently she's still involved, and . In season 2, she dives deep into the weirdness surrounding a soldier who went AWOL and then got captured. It's extremely compelling.
Speaking of TED Talks, I really love Ted favorite, Malcolm Gladwell's "Revisionist History." He explores things from the past that he feels deserve a second look, and he does it with his usual care and extensive research. Each episode is on a different thing, and I found almost all quite compelling.
Another podcast that dives into things is 99% Invisible, and there are well over 300 episodes of that now. They're all short, but you can load them up in your podcast player and just let them run, and listen for hours. I've only been through the first dozen or two.
I know you hate audiobooks, but if you haven't experienced Bill Bryson, I'd highly recommend you check him out. He reads his own books, but they're not narrative; they're documentarian. He's another very deep researcher, and the info he brings back from the past is so deep, and so broad, there's no way to remember it all. I shook my head in amazement and found myself saying "Wow" through all of "A Brief History of Nearly Everything," and "At Home," the latter of which describes pretty much the entire history of houses, and is so much more fascinating than I'd ever have guessed. I also had a friend recommend his "One Summer: America 1927," in which he takes his deep dive research powers to just that one summer, and the amazing number of amazing things that went on all around the world, and how several of them interconnected. I want to listen to all of them again, as well as the rest I haven't gotten to yet.
Finally, an audiobook that I've been meaning to go back to, because it was 10 hours long, and more info dense than anything else I've listed, and I've forgotten most of it (beyond "Wow, the history of English is vast and complex") is "Globish: How English Became the World's Language," by Robert McCrum. I might just recommend this one as a regular book. The reader does read it with lots of audiobook inflection, which would probably drive you nuts, and he does some voices, too. It's fascinating information, though.
Podcasts: check out these-a wide array of interesting content I think might prove satisfying for spinning-making listening Ear Hustle (living while incarcerated)
Every Little Thing (curiosity)
Science Friday (science 💁🏻♀️)
the Allusionist (language-start with older episodes),
The Pitch (invention/business)
The Treatment(films)
Happy making!
What program do you use to create your own charts?
I use Stitchmastery
Detective Kenda, Fruity knitting, Father Brown on Netflix, happy spinning!
Im going through the backlog of casual Friday videos, so forgive me for being a year late lol. But bearbook is a really good true crime podcast which is also related to genealogy which I think will be super interesting for you
Forgot to also mention a "new to me" spinning audio podcast that I recently discovered called "SheepSpot". Website is SheepSpot.com. Owner is Sasha, and she's evidently from Canada. She advocates spinning with rare breed fibers, but she has interesting information about spinning in general. Enjoy!
It's sad that the only knowledge the average person has about spinning wheels are from such a tale. It's the same as a beekeeper whenever I see a program or commercial about bees /hives/honey and see the misconceptions they represent.
One of my favorite podcasts is 'Stuff You Missed In History Class'. They cover a wide range of topics (some historical mysteries) but they always try to be as factually accurate as they can, and they're very meticulous about their sources. I've learned a lot from them and always enjoy listening. The episodes are about 30 minutes long and there's a massive backlog of episodes - years worth. www.missedinhistory.com/
Audio books that are spoken by the Author are very different than - highly recommend Becoming by Michelle Obama
My favorite murder, youtube