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Ep 31: Cableknits & Cod


A few of Torey's cableknit examples

We're heading eastward this month, friends, talking cableknit sweaters and codfish dinners.

As the non-vegetarian of the pair, Steph took on the cooking this month, coming out of a coddy ordeal with some very edible and nostalgic codballs. Torey may not cook, but she sure does knit, and she is HAPPY to talk about cables for as long as anyone will let her.

What we're obsessed with in history

Torey: Ravelry's recent no-Trump policy announcement, and the attending conversations around racism in knitting communities

Steph: The Delineator on archive.org, and the wonderful Victorian outfit she's going to make!

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Check our facts:

Fashion

History of Aran Sweaters. Aran Sweater Market, Ireland.

The history of hand-knitting. Victoria & Albert Museum.

The history of knitting pt. 2: Madonnas, Stockings, and Guilds, Oh My. Sheep & Stitch, 2014.

Newfoundland Outport Nursing and Industrial Association (NONIA)

Shirley A. Scott. Canada Knits: Craft and Comfort in a Northern Land. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1990.

Food

Alex Rose. Who Killed the Grand Banks, 2008. 

IODE Halifax Chapter Cookbook, 1934. 

"Who were the Beothuk, the Lost People of Newfoundland?” Allison C. Meier, January 31, 2019. JStor Daily.

"A Brief Look at the History of the FFAW/CAW." Centre for Distance Learning & Innovation, 1996.

History of Fishing in Canada. Canadian Council of Professional Fish Harvesters,

Timelines of Newfoundland and Labrador. 1996. The Writers Alliance of Newfoundlandand Labrador & the Cabot College Literacy Office.

"The cod are coming back to Newfoundland - and they're eating the shrimp that had taken over." The National Post, March 2017.


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