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Historical Yarns

Historical Yarns

By: The Archaeology Podcast Network
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Hosts Rachel Roden and Heather Boyd bring you a unique podcast organized by seasons. In each season you'll learn about yarn or pattern styles from around the world: where did they come from? What's the history? Then you'll be able to grab the pattern for a custom design based on the topic from either Rachel or Heather. Each episode's first half discusses history and the second half discusses the pattern.

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  • Introducing Historical Yarns - Ep 0

    Introducing Historical Yarns - Ep 0
    Aug 20 2019

    Historical Yarns will debut in seasons. Check the show page for season information!
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    5 mins
  • History of Fabric, Pt 1 - Ep 1

    History of Fabric, Pt 1 - Ep 1
    Sep 18 2019

    Have you ever looked at a piece of knitting and wondered, “How did they figure out how to DO that with just two needles and string?” Whether you’re a picker or a thrower, those techniques had to come from somewhere, and their origins may surprise you.

    Rachel Roden and Heather Boyd look at knitting techniques with the eyes of designers, through the lens of archaeology: each episode travels the world to dig up and discuss a different technique, and then applies it to a clever pattern designed by Rachel.

    LinksTo get your copy of the pattern, and knit-a-long head over to Rachel’s pattern store on Ravelry (https://www.ravelry.com/designers/rachel-roden)To get the yarn Rachel recommends, head over to Jimmy Beans Wool (https://www.jimmybeanswool.com/knitting/yarn/BichesetBuches/LePetitLambswool.asp?showLarge=true&specPCVID=91487)ContactRachelRavelryInstagramTwitterFacebookWebsiteHeatherInstagramRavelry
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    30 mins
  • History of Fabric, Pt. 2 - Ep2

    History of Fabric, Pt. 2 - Ep2
    Sep 18 2019

    Part 2!!

    Have you ever looked at a piece of knitting and wondered, “How did they figure out how to DO that with just two needles and string?” Whether you’re a picker or a thrower, those techniques had to come from somewhere, and their origins may surprise you.

    Rachel Roden and Heather Boyd look at knitting techniques with the eyes of designers, through the lens of archaeology: each episode travels the world to dig up and discuss a different technique, and then applies it to a clever pattern designed by Rachel.

    LinksTo get your copy of the pattern, and knit-a-long head over to Rachel’s pattern store on Ravelry (https://www.ravelry.com/designers/rachel-roden)To get the yarn Rachel recommends, head over to Jimmy Beans Wool (https://www.jimmybeanswool.com/knitting/yarn/BichesetBuches/LePetitLambswool.asp?showLarge=true&specPCVID=91487)ContactRachelRavelryInstagramTwitterFacebookWebsiteHeatherInstagramRavelry
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    27 mins
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Wow, I wish they would take the word “history” oury of their titles. There isn’t much history. You can get more out of a Google search by spending 5 min reading. Not only that but these girls really don’t know much about anything. In thisnepisode for example they both talk about Angora goats - they admit that they have heard of Angora rabbits but have never heard of Angora goats. Seriously??? How long have you been knitting? Where do you think mohair comes from? At least bother to do a Google search before you release your podcast! When they talk about goats used for Orenburg shawls they sometimes refer to them as goats and sometimes as sheep. Then one of them says that in Russian they call knitting needles “knitting pins”. Where did she get that info - it doesn’t even make any sense! They call it спицы. It’s one word, has nothing to do with pins. Whether knitting or otherwise. I gave up after listening to 2 of these. I think the main purpose of this podcast is to push their knitting patterns - and there’s nothing wrong with that. But come on, at least Google the stuff you’re taking about.

Not much history and full of wrong info

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