Technique Swapping: Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't // Casual Friday 4-46

Описание: Experimentation with various techniques gives knitters a greater understanding of why and how techniques can be interchangeable in some cases, but not in others.In this week's Casual Friday podcast, I show you two projects where the knitter might want to substitute the technique called for by using an alternate technique. In one case, a short row technique substitution is not desirable. In another, using a sock toe as a peasant heel works, but needs some modifications, in order to get the desired fit.

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SHOW NOTES
TIDBIT #1 USE OF STALE URINE IN TEXTILES
The episode of A Stitch in Time on the Arnolfini painting (including information on using stale urine in the dyeing process) can be seen on the Absolute History YouTube channel here:    • How To Make A Medieval Dress: Recreating T...  

5 things to do with stale urine in the middle ages https://aprilmunday.wordpress.com/202...

TIDBIT #2 ABANDONED AMERICA: SCRANTON LACE FACTORY
To see images of the abandoned lace factory, visit https://www.abandonedamerica.us/scran...

WHEN SHORT ROW SUBSTITUTION WON'T WORK
Pattern: Bluebird of Happiness by Sarah Elizabeth Kellner:
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...

Playlist of short row techniques, including an introduction to short rows, comparisons between short row techniques, and how to make substitutions:    • Short Rows  

SOCK EXPERIMENTATION: USING A TOE AS A HEEL
Video for the toe up version of the spiral toe:    • Toe Up Spiral Sock Toe  // Technique Tuesday  
Video for the cuff down version of the spiral toe:    • NO GRAFT Cuff Down Spiral Sock Toe  // Tec...  

Entire playlist of all my sock videos:    • Socks  

Sock toes playlist:    • Sock Toes  

Sock heels playlist:    • Sock Heels  

0:00 Introduction
0:56 Tidbit #1 Historical use of stale urine in textiles
3:32 Tidbit #2 Abandoned America: Scranton Lace Factory
4:28 When short row substitution won't work
9:56 Sock experimentation: using a toe for the heel

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