1 Knitter, 10 Sweaters, 100 years of Knitting Evolution // Casual Friday S05E34

Описание: In this week's podcast, I have tidbits, and a show and tell of 10 decades of sweaters knit so far in my long term project to knit a sweater from each decade from 1890s to 1990s.

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SHOW NOTES
TIDBIT #1 - EXECUTION EXHIBITION
Exhibition from 14 October 2022 to 14 April 2023 at Museum of London. More information here:
https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/mus...

More on Charles I: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles...

TIDBIT #2 - KAFFE FASSETT EXHIBTION
Exhibition at the Fashion Textile Museum in London, 23 Sep 2022 to 12 Mar 2023
More information here:
https://fashiontextilemuseum.org/exhi...

10 SWEATERS, 100 YEARS
You can see all my vintage projects in my Ravelry notebook here:
https://www.ravelry.com/projects/Rox?...

1890s
Sweater for a Boy
Pattern from FANCY AND PRACTICAL KNITTING, published 1897 by Butterick
Digital copy available here: https://archive.org/details/krl004029...

Ravelry project page for this sweater: https://ravel.me/Rox/k

1900s
Columbia sweater
Pattern from the Columbia Book of the Use of Yarns, Fifth Edition (1904) and Eighth Edition (1907)
Digital copy of 1904 edition https://archive.org/details/columbiab...

Digital copy of 1907 edition https://archive.org/details/columbiab...

Ravelry project page for this sweater https://ravel.me/Rox/lks

1910s
A Serviceable Sweater from Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet, published by Needlecraft Publishing Company
Digital copy available on Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/26113...
Ravelry project page for this sweater https://ravel.me/Rox/ass

1920s
Indian Slip-On No. 13A, Corticelli Yarn Book No. 18
From digitized copy of Corticelli booklet, available here: http://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org/...

Ravelry project page for this sweater: https://ravel.me/Rox/ison1

1930s
A Popular Model, W.B. Leaflet No. 147, Wm. Briggs & Co, Ltd.
Digital Copy available here: https://vintageknittingpatternarchive...

Ravelry project page for this sweater https://ravel.me/Rox/apm

1940s
Pattern source: Harlequin from April 1949 issue of Stitchcraft Magazine. As a member of the Knitting & Crochet Guild of the UK I was able to get a PDF copy of the pattern for personal use.

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

1950s
The Raglan Jacket, Beehive Book No. 88, Style Knits, by Patons & Baldwin
Ravelry project page for this sweater https://ravel.me/Rox/trj

1960s
Andrew Stewart Serial No. 204 (leaflet from a kit)
Ravelry project page for this sweater https://ravel.me/Rox/assn2

1970s
Pattern source: Kangaroo Pouch Sweater from KNITTING WITHOUT TEARS, by Elizabeth Zimmermann, 1971
Book is still in print: https://amzn.to/3LC5ltV

Stitch pattern source: 2nd TREASURY OF KNITTING PATTERNS by Barbara G. Walker, 1972
Book is still in print: https://amzn.to/3UxI4gB

Ravelry project page for this sweater https://ravel.me/Rox/kps

1980s
Welsh Poppy Jacket, from Sasha Kagan's Big & Little Sweaters, 1987
Ravelry project page for this sweater https://ravel.me/Rox/wp


0:00 Introduction
0:24 Tidbit #1 Execution Exhibition
4:24 Tidbit #2 Kaffe Fassett Exhibition
8:21 10 Sweaters, 100 years
12:25 1890s
15:08 1900s
19:19 1910s
22:47 1920s
26:28 1930s
28:58 1940s
32:03 1950s
33:55 1960s
37:02 1970s
40:08 1980s

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