Spinning A Yarn's Tale

Episode 1 - A Brief History of Knitting (ft. Stocks and Socks)

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Hi and welcome! 

This is our first episode of Spinning a Yarn's Tale, a podcast brought to you by Ewe and I Yarns in Chehalis Washington. This episode is a brief history of knitting, and an even brief-er history of spinning and sheep. We chat about the general history without getting too into the details, and there might be some allusions to wearing socks and sandals. We hope to have many more informative episodes filled with maybe a little too much giggling, so please stick around! 

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https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/bonnie-27

Show notes:

  • The first knitted stockings ever found https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Islamic_sock.jpg
  • Coulthard, Sally. A Short History of the World According to Sheep. 2020.
  • A good picture of one of the Knitting Madonnas paintings that we looked at https://annkingstone.com/knitting-madonnas/
  • Rutt, Richard. A History of Hand Knitting. First published in 1987.
  • Thomas, Mary. Mary Thomas's Knitting Book. 1938.
  • Nargi, Lela. Knitting Around the World: A multi-stranded history of a time-honored tradition. 2011.


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