Finish it February Total Immersion // Casual Friday S5E06

In this week's Casual Friday podcast, I have Tidbits, and updates on my various projects for Finish it February.

SHOW NOTES
TIDBIT #1 SHEEP FARMER YOUTUBE

TIDBIT #2 A LITTLE MORE YARN
A Little More Yarn, by Winslow Homer:
Interweavecraft's IG post, with info about their articles on Fine Art

FINISH IT FEBRUARY

If you have questions about this video, or suggestions for future videos, please let me know down in the comments or on social media.

0:00 Introduction
0:29 Tidbit #1 Sheep Farmer YouTube
1:57 Tidbit #2 A Little More Yarn (Fisher girl knitting)
3:14 Tidbit #3 Knitting/crochet in various languages
7:34 Finish it February
15:39 Sleeve construction
17:39 FiF – Socks
26:16 Fix it February – elbow patches

[marietovo]

I absolutely loved your section about estimating where to start your second toe. I have a good knitting friend who happens to be an engineer. She and I are fanatics about making sure our socks match. I told her to watch this portion of your episode because I know she will love the math behind it. Thanks so much. I always learn something from you!

[shannonoliver]

Lovely painting of woman walking and knitting along the beach. 😊. Wow, i can’t believe you did the math to figure out how to match the colorway in your second sock. I could never figure that out but you did explain it very well. Love your tips. 😊

[njknits]

Hi! I love your knitting podcast, I talk about it a lot on my podcast! : ) I had a thought, and just wanted to see if you thought it was valid: would another way to knit your socks so they matched be to start at the place where the light pink begins and essentially do what you did on your 1940's sleeve, but on the sock? So provisionally cast on the number of stitches you were at during the transition between purple and pink, wind to that spot in the yarn, and knit to finish the tip of the sock. Then pick back up and carry on with the rest of the yarn? I'm sure theres a flaw somewhere in this plan, would be interested to know what it is! Of course this is all theoretical because you had a genius way to deal with it!

[lydiadaugherty]

I love the take on the language and customarily for the used words on knitting and crochet or weave. Has for the Archiving and techniques used in the vintage projects as a learning tool, gives me an idea for movie costumes museums, and rentals for Era clothing to benefit themed fundraisers.

[prateekshatiwari]

Teacher of Chinese as second language here. Japanese language uses Chinese characters in Kanji which one of the three scripts the language has. Chinese characters have undergone simplification in last 6-7 decades therefore many of the Japanese Kanji do not correspond to simplified Chinese characters. Kanji still has commonality with the traditional Chinese script. There are also Kanji which are not the same as either (contemporary) traditional or simplified Chinese.

[elaineenstone]

Interesting information today about the words for crochet and knitting. Great to see your progress on the finish it February projects. 🇬🇧

[judyspears]

Love how you managed the yarn to start your second sock. Such good and useful information. Always learn something from your episodes. Thanks for sharing!

[theastewart]

Great podcast Roxanne! Fascinating! Thanks for sharing!💞

[lanastraea]

Japanese uses three different writing systems. Two are syllabaries (hiragana and katakana), where each symbol represents a syllable sound. The third writing system is kanji, which are Chinese characters that have Japanese pronunciation applied to them. Everyday language can use a combination of all three.

[emveecee]

Wonderful episode, as always! Thanks!

[maureendesmarais]

I love that you use the stitch count method to plan your "calendar". I have been doing an annual knitting plan/calendar and evolved to using stitch counting after getting frustrated with not completing my goals. I do knit almost exclusively fingering weight projects so it takes me much longer to complete a project. By using stitch counts, I can set much for realistic goals as I also track my daily stitches knit.

[locumdo]

I love the math you used to try and match your socks! I’m not so much a matchy socks gal, but I love math and I found your process interesting!

[pamelabubeck]

Thank you for sharing your issues/frustration with a particular project - the 60s sweater. How you dealt with your sleeve always keeping in mind your original plan and ultimate goal. It can be so disappointing not to mention frustrating to invest so much time (and sometimes money!) in a much wanted and planned for project only to hit a brick wall! Your tips are priceless!

[denisenj]

In English we use one word for fabric, but you can specify knit fabric or woven fabric. 😊😊

[GrownToCook]

In Czech we do have different words for knitting & crocheting: to knit is ‘plést’ and to crochet is ‘háčkovat’ (‘háček’ is a crochet hook). It is interesting to me that the words used in other Slavic languages (such as Bulgarian and Russian) are completely different! Also: would you consider doing a video on knee high socks? Thank you so much for all your interesting videos- your tutorials are my go to!

[MtMomDesigns]

According to Portuguese knitting teacher, Andre de Castro, the word for knitting (the craft) is the word for the *purl* stitch!

[susanmarek]

Thank you again for an interesting Friday report 😁

[DianneCulbertsonJacques]

Would love to see horizontal herringbone stitch in the round using stranded colorwork!

[Sequoya]

I’m all about the 1960’s sweater. It’s been a journey, and I’m very interested in your process. Also, I find the Olympic bouquets so fascinating.

[zippychipz]

Hi there! I want to put another point of view on the language conversation.

I lived in France for a couple years, and in French we use the same word for knitting and crochet, which is crochet. There is also “tricoter” which specifically means knitting, but from yarn clubs I’ve heard them always use crochet no matter which craft. It seems that tricoter is usually used on the internet but not with actual conversations.

When I asked my French tutor about this after going to France, she told me that tricoter was conversational but she believes that most people use crochet because that’s what they were taught by the non-knitting teachers, who thought they were the same thing. She also said that crochet originated in France, and that may have a influence in the word for knitting.