Math4knitters

Show notes and more at math4knitters.blogspot.com.Math4Knitters: Episode 48Woven Stockings, Caucasus, 700 CEReally old, really cool knit sock from about 1100 - 1200Click to make bigger.This one is a bit smaller, but just as coolMy favorite version of an afterthought/inserted/pocket heel. (Full information about making this heel is in my book, Sock Architecture, and my Craftsy class.) If you watch the Craftsy class, you get to see me get REALLY excited when the heel bone and the thumb bone on a model skeleton are the same length.

Show notes and more at math4knitters.blogspot.com.Math4Knitters: Episode 47A bit of a ramble today about some WTHeck moments I've had while reading sources. Sorry!Textile fragment found during the Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos (around 250)There is a lot more information about the Dura-Europos site here.Socks made in the 4th or 5th century, found at the burial grounds of Oxyrhynchus, a Greek colony on the Nile in central Egypt.These socks are currently at the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Show notes and more at math4knitters.blogspot.com.Math4Knitters: Episode 46I ran my audio through some filters this week. I hope it sounds better. The Story of Portyanki, AKA "Chemical Weapons"Wrapping feet in cloth didn't end when knitting burst onto the world scene. Russian soldiers were officially issued footcloths, called portyanki, right up until 2013. Want more? Read up here.https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FootClothFromFinnishDefenceForces.JPGRussians weren't the only ones who used footcloths well into the modern era. Finnish soldiers, German soldiers and others from Eastern Europe did, too. (I got that from Wikipedia, so proceed with caution if you accidentally end up a soldier somewhere from the time period after falling through time. It could be wrong.)Why would you do this to yourself? Footwraps are definitely cheaper and faster to produce than socks. I could see them being made, easily, from old clothes or other linens. They dry faster than socks. You can re-wrap them in a different di

Show notes and more at math4knitters.blogspot.com.Math4Knitters: Episode 45Awesome illustration by Leslie JohnsonBooks I mentioned:History of HosierySock ArchitectureThe sound quality on this isn't quite as good as I would like, but I'm determined to not let the perfect be the enemy of the good. I am using a microphone, and I'll see if backing away more from the computer's fan will help when I'm recording. 

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