Sizing Woes and Vintage Balaclavas // Casual Friday S6E38

Published: 08 December 2023
on channel: Roxanne Richardson
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In this week's podcast I explore vintage balaclava patterns, and I have three finished projects. I'll talk about modifications I made, as well as how I solved some problems (and made some mistakes). One of the projects had some strange sizing issues, so I will also talk a bit about sizing and sizing standards.

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SHOW NOTES
VINTAGE BALACLAVA/HELMETS
Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet, Needlecraft Publishing
Available from Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/26113...

Fleisher's Knitting & Crocheting Manual, 6th edition (1908) and 8th edition (1910). The 8th edition is a reproduction copy I bought from Iva Rose Vintage Reproductions (ivarose on etsy).

Practical Knitting Illustrated by Margaret Murray and Jane Koster, published in 1940 by Odham's in the UK. There were 8 books in this series, published between 1940 and 1949.

Centenary Knitting, from Northern Lace Press. Print and PDF copies available directly from them: https://northernlace.co.uk/northernla...

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2nd Book of Hows, published probably 1902
https://archive.org/details/krl004029...

Weldon's Garments and Hospital Comforts
First Series https://archive.org/details/krl005370...
Second Series https://archive.org/details/krl005367...

Columbia Book of Yarns, 19th edition, 1918
https://archive.org/details/columbiab...

Leach's Comforts for Men, probably WWI era, based on the photos
https://archive.org/details/krl00536766

CHAINED HAT
Pattern: Chained Hat by Mone Dräger https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
Yarn: Arcane Fibre Works, DK 80/20 Superwash merino/nylon. Colorway: Crashing Waves
https://arcanefiberworks.com/
My Ravelry project page for the hat: https://ravel.me/Rox/ch

BIGGLESBY
Pattern: Bigglesby Sweater by Ella Rae https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
Yarn: Ella Rae Cashmereno Aran in color Admiral
My Ravelry project page for the sweater https://ravel.me/Rox/bs

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MAEFLOWER Cardigan
Pattern: Maeflower by Ella Rae https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
Yarn: Ella Rae Cashmereno Sport, color Starflower
My Ravelry project page for the cardigan: https://ravel.me/Rox/mc

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SIZING STANDARDS
Craft Yarn Council
ASTM International Standard Tables of Body Measurements: https://www.astm.org/catalogsearch/re...
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0:00 Introduction
0:35 Balaclava Helmets vintage patterns
10:01 Chained Hat
12:32 Bigglesby a sweater for Henry
21:02 Maeflower Rosie's cardigan
30:25 Sizing Standards

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