Mock Cables and Real Holes // Casual Friday S7E03

This week's podcast a finished sock project with a replaceable heel flap and heel turn, plus some information on the woman who patented this process during Word War II, a self-designed hat with mock cables, and the launch of Finish it February, and the progress I've made in just the first couple of days.

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My Ravelry project page for the sweater I'm wearing (contains links to the yarn and pattern) https://ravel.me/Rox/sgc

SHOW NOTES
ALADDIN HEEL
The Beehive sock booklets were published by Patons & Baldwin in the late 1940s.
Nora Jarvis Allen's US Patent: https://patents.google.com/patent/US2372468
The yarn I used for the socks shown is Regia 4-ply.

SELF-DESIGNED HAT
The yarn I used is from Arcane Fibre Works, DK weight 80/20 superwash merino/nylon in the Autumn Drive colorway.

The stitch pattern is from Barbara G. Walker's CHARTED KNITTING DESIGNS: A Third Treasury of Knitting Patterns https://amzn.to/4boI3nO This is an Amazon affiliate link. I earn a small commission at no cost to you for any purchases made through this link.

Video on Mock Cables: https://youtu.be/LxCI2xzqqIc
Article on Mock Cables originally published in Interweave knit.wear magazine Fall/Winter 2017: https://www.interweave.com/article/knitting/no-fuss-mock-cables/
Mock Me Gently hat pattern (the purple hats): https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/mock-me-gently

FINISH IT FEBRUARY
Finish it February discussion threads can be found in my Ravelry group General chat thread for FiF: https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/rox-rocks/4294384
NO Chat thread (for posting photos of finished items): https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/rox-rocks/4298825

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0:00 Introduction
0:20 Aladdin Socks
11:39 Self-Designed Hat
24:15 Finish it February