Cart before the workhorse

Finishing socks, saving the yarn, new projects from old, planning the perfect colourwork sweater, plus a bit of theoretical physics to prove what knitters already know: knitting is magic.

Links and references:

• Admiral Hanf yarn by Schoppel Wolle
• Lang Jawoll sock yarn
• Chessmaster, by Christian Mattausch
• Amande, by Josephine and the Seeds
• Sophie Shawl by PetiteKnit
• Bradford Road Wrap, by Kristen Kapur
• Fox Paws, by Xandy Peters
• Soft Spot sweater by Elina Maaria
• ke21’s Soft Spot on Ravelry is one of the good ones
• Knitogami: Mechanics of knitted fabric as a curved surface (PNAS, April 2024)
• Dynamic Folding Knits: An exploration into self-folding and self-forming textiles, by Victoria Salmon
• Characterizing and predicting the self-folding behavior of weft-knit fabrics
• Handmade Lampshades, by Natalia Price-Cabrera

Music in this episode

• Merrigan’s Reel – Jim Fidler
• That Thing That You Do – Cody Fry