Stockings of My Ancestors and Knitted Surprises // Casual Friday S8E24

In this Casual Friday podcast episode, I discover what sorts of knitted items my immigrant ancestors probably wore, I look at whether shoe size is a good indicator of what size sock to knit, and I have opinions about whether or not surprise knitting is a good idea.

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SHOW NOTES
WWI KNITTING
Vintage knitting books shown:
American Red Cross Women's Bureau, Washington D.C. Instructions for Knitting
Handbook of Wook Knitting and Crochet, published by Needlecraft Publishing Company 1918 (the photos and text of this booklet are available on Project Gutenberg)
Bäuerliches Stricken 1 by Lisl Fanderl (there are three volumes to this set)
Rural Pennsylvania Clothing by Ellen J. Gehret

Information about the 1709/1710 Palatine Migration (there's a long section in this Wikipedia article about that migration: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palatines
SOCKS FOR A FRIEND
Using Heel Diagonal to Calculate a Better Fitting Flap:    • Using Heel Diagonal to Calculate a Better ...  
Plain Heel aka "Insta-Thought" Heel:    • Plain heel aka "Insta-thought" heel // Tec...  
Modifying Plain Heel for a better fit:    • Modifying the Plain/"Insta-thought" Heel f...  
Lots of videos on adjusting the fit of sock heels in this playlist:    • Sock Heels  
Videos on sock toes:    • Sock Toes  

SURPRISE KNITTING
Videos on how to measure for knitted items:    • Measuring for Garments  

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
0:44 Historical Knitting - WWI
27:46 Socks for a friend - the right fit
36:47 Shoe size/sock fit
43:32 Surprise knitting - good idea or not?

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