A Danish Night Sweater and a Frozen Shoulder // Casual Friday S7E17

In this episode of the Casual Friday podcast, I have three knitting projects, a spinning update (and a frozen shoulder), and an experiment with drafting a pants pattern.

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The top I'm wearing was sewn using the pattern Rhapsody Blouse from Love Notions, using the flutter sleeves option.

SHOW NOTES
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HOT WATER BOTTLE COVER
Pattern: All You Need – a Classic, by LondonLeo https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/all-you-need---a-classic
Yarn: Cascade Venezia Worsted (discontinued), color 150, 70% merino wool, 30% silk, crepe yarn construction
The hot water bottle I got has been updated in the 12 years since I bought mine: this is the current model: https://amzn.to/4dwnDtn

Video on Fabric Textures of Z-Twist Yarns https://youtu.be/XjNDt70qvdA

BULKY WEIGHT CARDIGAN
Brooklyn Tweed Bellows Cardigan by Michele Wang https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/bellows
Yarn: Brooklyn Tweed Quarry, originally in color Pumice, but overdyed with Dharma Trading Company acid dye in color Berry Crush; yarn is a bulky weight, woolen spun yarn composed of 3 strands of unspun roving, lightly twisted together in the Z-direction
My Ravelry project page for the Bellows Sweater https://ravel.me/Rox/b3

DANISH NIGHT SWEATER
Pattern: Annie's Sweater designed by Annie Hansen, from the book Traditional Danish Sweaters by Vivan Høxbro https://amzn.to/4d4nAoA
Yarn: Reywa Fibers Haven, in color Between Worlds, 100% Tibetan Yak Down https://www.reywafibers.com/
Resources for traditional Sweaters
Knitting in the Old Way by Priscilla A. Roberts and Deborah Robson https://amzn.to/3LQQoVJ
The Taxonomy of Sweater Structures and Their Origins, Gail Ann Lambert (master's thesis) https://repository.lib.ncsu.edu/items/22243f5b-180f-4c05-99a9-b541d6c30da5
I use StitchMastery to chart out my patterns: stitchmastery.com

My Ravelry project page for Annie's Sweater: https://ravel.me/Rox/as2

SPINNING UPDATE
Frozen shoulder is more formally known as "adhesive capsulitis."

SEWING UPDATE
1970s The New Magic Fit Master Pattern Pants template from American Fashion Institute, Designing with Dusan
Contemporary version: Pants Kit from Sure-Fits Designs https://surefitdesigns.com


0:00 Introduction
0:22 Knitting Projects
6:35 Bellows Cardigan
14:24 Danish Night Sweater
29:34 Spinning
33:11 Sewing

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