Possible Canadian pop-culture reference? In Canada we used to have a children's show called The Big Comfy Couch, all the characters were clowns. Auntie Macassar was a supporting character who would send Loonette (main character) postcards from all the amazing places she travelled. Thanks to your video I assume her name may have been a reference to the antimacassar item itself, which might actually be featured as an item on the couch itself.
That show made it down to the states too! (Depended on local PBS stations offerings but still). No lie, when I try to knit, I still think of a story Granny Garbanzo told of a little girl who hated knitting but then accidentally said "Knit one, twirl-- I mean purl two" and decided after knitting a row, she would twirl twice, and that made it fun. xD
Love that it was shown in the U.S. too, I always assume that Canadian shows rarely get seen outside of Canada. I like Major Bedhead delivering mail on a unicycle. I watched way too much 90's/early 2000's kids shows because I babysat/nannied through that era. I may have start teaching my daughter it as knit and twirl too, maybe she'll be more interested in knitting.
I loved that show. I recently saw a double walled tumbler with a BCC design on it from a small business, and I was all set to buy it until I learned that the shipping was more than the product itself . I don’t have the money to be able to justify that. If it did, I definitely would have bout the cup.
And the only acceptable way to wear socks with sandals 😅 (only they aren’t sandals exactly, theres a few different styles, with different names and I can’t remember the names 🤦🏻♀️)
From what I know there is a pair of socks from Scandinavia (Denmark I think) that was made with either nalbinding or sprang (or both as they were often used in combination and has the toe split As far as I remember they are dated to about 700 But being a history nerd I totally see what you guys mean as Orientalism is something that pops up regularly Also as the people vikingr-ing were going quite far as to the Baltic/Eastern what we call Europe today- Region maybe there were some ideas for garments that were adapted from even further East Or maybe it was one of these incidents where people independently invented similar things around the globe
The very padded baby hat is actually something that would be useful for little ones just learning to walk. If they took a tumble it would protect them from getting injured from hitting furniture or the floor. They still make similar items, but they look more like a helmet than a hat
I see them a lot where I live, sometimes the reigns, sometimes a back pack in between the harness and the lead, but almost always an energetic 12 to 18 months old wearing them.
Antimacassars were made and used on chair and sofa backs long past Victorian times. I remember seeing crochet patterns from the 40's & 50's for them. The piece for the chair back was usually accompanied by 2 other rectangular pieces, for the armrests. My grandmother crocheted hers from cotton to use on all of her wool-upholstered furniture. Along with protecting a chair back fabric from oily hair products, it also protected the upholstery fabric from wear and tear. She considered the pieces for the armrests especially important because the armrests can get easily soiled and worn from people's hands.
I actually have a couple full cover ones for my couch, my cat scratched it to the point the corners were pretty ugly but she does not like to scratch it now the covers are on it and they are knitted. the fun part is i can pick colors so if i want a different couch i just put on a different cover lol
Those bifurcated socks look a lot like tabi (Japanese socks worn with geta (traditional wooden sandals) as part of traditional dress-- kimono, yukata, haori, hakama, etc.)! I know in the 1800s there was a really big obsession with Japanese/East Asian culture, especially in regards to kimono so I wonder if that's where the bifurcated socks came from! Like flip-flops, the hanao (the strap on the geta or zori shoes) goes between your big toe and the rest of your toes
The Sherlock Holmes story "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" has a major plot point involving a bell pull. When I first read the story as a kid, I had a heck of a time trying to figure out what the non-murder-mystery-related use of such a thing woudd be.
I wonder if the child harness was used like modern child harnesses, where the kid wears the harness and the parents have the other end of the leash. They are controversial, but are intended to keep really young children (like 2 and 3) from bolting away from their parents and into busy streets. Considering that 19th century streets were chaotic, it would be practical. I really hope the whip was just a toy.
I was wondering that too. My mum had “reins” for me (as they are called in the UK). I know they are controversial but I think they just seem sensible to me as I was apparently the kind of child that would just wander off otherwise, probably into traffic. 😅😅😅
I know that they are controversial but I used them on my oldest in our unfenced yard. She was 18 months and the second was a premie. She would have left if I hadn’t!
I used to have a monkey with straps for my daughter with a leash 😅 never used it much though, always forgot it and then it got lost. Now shes 5 and shouldnt need a leash but still kind of does😂
Fun episode! The second pronunciation is correct, with the emphasis on the 'cas' syllable. Per my grandmother born in 1897 whose mother insisted on making many useless crafts according to her family.
Toe socks actually date back to at least Roman times. A typical toe sock from the ancient world was in nice, bright happy stripes and the division for the toe was to allow the wearer to, um, well, _wear it with sandals!_ 😆 These early toe socks were generally made with nalbinding. I've seen a photograph of one red and white striped number, taken from an early Christian grave in Egypt that looks knitted, rather than nalbound. However, we don't have firm evidence of knitting until somewhat later in history.
The toe socks remind me of the Japanese tabi socks! I wonder if there is any correlation between the two. The tabi socks actually have a really long history as Japanese people have been wearing flip-flop-like wooden sandals (called "geta") for centuries.
Antimacassars remind me of the Eddie Murphy movie "Coming to America," where one of the characters uses something in his hair called "Soul Glow," that is always staining the furniture, lol.
My Nonna made antimacassars for her lounge and they were beautiful. She was an incredible fibre artist. I have antique tapestry bell pulls and one was made by a man because they have their names embroidered on the back material lining 😊
Last winter we Hand „Blitzeis“ and I could not get out of my car because the ground was frozen! I took of my socks und wore ehem over my shoes. No problem with slipping on the walkway, highly recomment, it´s not good for the socks though😂
I just read a nonfiction book, Nothing Daunted, about to young women who traveled to the Colorado mountains in 1916 to teach in a brand new school. One incident mentioned the 'over sock', for lack of a better term, that they put over their shoes to avoid slipping on the snow and ice. I immediately thought about your video where you knitted and experimented with them. So, proof that they really were used. Fun.
When you were talking about men's swimwear and then moved onto the "sleeve holder", I honestly thought that it was some sort of euphemistic term until you explained what it was actually for 😂
I'm personally baffled by the sleeve holder because I was always taught to just hold my sleeves with my hands when I put jackets on? Did people truly not think of that? Or is it one of those disability aids that look baffling at first glance because i'm able bodied so I can't really imagine needing it? Tbh I wouldn't expect a victorian publication to casually have such specific disability rep
I’m guessing Victorian sleeves were probably very fitted to the arm and not stretchy as they wouldn’t have had jersey type fabric so I imagine you couldn’t just hold them down.
A lot of people have mentioned the toe sock looks like a tabi sock from Japanese traditional wear, but one of my knitting books reproducing medieval Norwegian wear has a similar sock too! For wearing in your bed.
That sock with the separate big toe is interesting! The 1880s had a rage for Japonisme, which influenced everything from art to interior design to fashion, so it might be inspired by Japanese tabi socks? Or it is something in the spirit of reform clothing - I can see some Victorian arguing that toes need more freedom of movement for ~health~ reasons!
The oil protector reminds me of the scene in Coming to America where the family sits on the couch and when they stand up, they’ve left oil marks on the wall from the product in their hair
It’s called practical as opposed to theoretical knitting, I think. This means applied knowledge, not just theoretical. Like Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Practical Reason, which may or may not have been super practical ☺️
Oh my goodness - I need oil protectors for everything at the moment. Chihuahua has an ear infection and the medication is oily (keeps it own the skin) coats everything and gets everywhere!!
In one of the Weldon’s books, I found a knitted pattern……… the first pattern you showed was what I was going to talk about. The hand-knitted coffee filter is on my “Future Projects List”. I had thought to use Aunt Lydia’s #10 thread, but hadn’t decided the size of needles. The antimacassars patterns I have used as doilies.
I love this video and would love to see more weird patterns so please make a series! I’m also excited to find out what an antimacassar is - L.M. Montgomery of Anne of Green Gables fame mentioned it in her books. So I gathered it was something like a cover or small blanket but didn’t know the original purpose. I’ll have to make the overshoes as slipping is a real hazard in the winter. And the Victorian toys are so cute! Please direct to some patterns? Thanks for a fascinating video! ❤
My parents still have lace antimacassars on their chairs! You pronounce it with the stress on the "ca" syllable, ie. anti-ma-CA-ssar, like the 2nd way you tried to pronounce it at 3:06
When i was younger we had icy rain and i needed to go out. My mother recomended to wear socks over my shoes against slipping, but i said no ... fell very badly and broke my hand ... lesson learned
Not a knitter but I could've watched much more of this! Love the dive into primary sources like these, and seeing the patterns recreated - please make some!
Her videos are so addicting, ive literally gone back to the oldest videos so I can watch again when im impatient for new videos 😅 I like to hear that she appeals to non knitters as well. I mainly crochet, but want to knit more, it just takes so long.
I’ve seen something similar to the baby boa but it wasn’t worn around the neck, it was more like a detachable hood edging with long tails to keep their upper body warm and cute. 🤷🏻♀️
I googled the men's hair oil you mentioned, Makassar, & through a Wikipedia page found it was named after a capital of a province in Indonesia & THAT page had a pronunciation: muh-KASS-uhr ! Just FYI bc you expressed concern re pronunciation. Love the video!
how could i have thought i'd be the first to mention japanese tabi 🙃 kudos to the community i guess 💕 at least nobody said how important foot posture is for overall health. you basically want arches with sixpacks, in order to prevent all kinds of long-term leg and back issues. similar to lactose-free cuisine and the deep squat, split-toe footwear is one of those things asian cultures treasure for good reason.
I only use toe-socks these days, and I do that because they are sooo comfortable! My toes now have all the room in the world to be where they naturally belong when walking. I know it sounds stupid how something as thin as a sock can be restricktive, but they really do squish your toes together! That said, I can't of cause tell you if that was the reason for their making back in the days! 😁 I would very much like to know too 😀 Maybe it had something to do with whatever footwear they used back then? Perhaps shoes were made with one last only (so left and right shoe were the same). I know that was the case sometime in history, and maybe that wasn't the most comfortable until they were worn in? Idk 🤷
This is a great video! I would love to know how you found so many interesting men's patterns. Most historic pattern books I can find don't have much for guys.
I love how the ancestors had the same little problems (and the solutions)we have today Like riding a bike and putting on special tights (I got some thermo leggins and they make such a difference in comfort) or being annoyed by sleeves riding up underneath jackets 😂 I admire how they were like 'alright, that's enough sensory issues, I'll come up with a special knit design' What a vibe
I would love to make victorian crochet toys. Your elephant is so cute 🐘, but I can't find any patterns anywhere. Have you got any suggestions? Thank you 😊
The toe sock made me immediately think that it may help prevent blisters as that’s frequently why modern hikers wear toe socks??? Some other very neat responses though!
I would be curious to see a longer video (or a live chat) where you flip through these collections. I like to see your favourites, but I’m wondering what else is in there!
That knit speedo sounds like a disaster waiting to happen. Maybe if it had drawstrings around the legs, but knitting stretches when wet. I can't imagine the coverage would be very good. 😅
The toe sock pattern seems like it would make most sense in a Japanese knitting book, in my opinion. I don’t think sandals were a thing in”typical” clothing of that time, and doesn’t make sense (to me) if worn with closed toed shoes/boots.
About the sock with the big toe separating it from the rest of the toes. In Japan this is the most common of sock worn with thonged slippers and thonged sandals worn in the rice paddies. I wonder if the design in your book had a Japanese influence.
Your second attempt at saying antimacassar is correct. AntimaCASSar. I am old enough for both my grandmother's to have used them. Men were still using lots of greasy hair products like Brilliantine and Brylcream during the 1950s and 1960s.
My grandfather put oil on his scalp even though he hardly had hair. He did have sensitive skin so maybe it was for that. My grandmother kept embroidered clothes for his rocking chair that she always starched and ironed.
How long is the boa? Because at the right size that could be a great teether. And come to think of it, my daughter has a toy that is literally a skein of my yarn that's hopelessly tangled... So maybe it would be a hit anyway!
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Possible Canadian pop-culture reference? In Canada we used to have a children's show called The Big Comfy Couch, all the characters were clowns. Auntie Macassar was a supporting character who would send Loonette (main character) postcards from all the amazing places she travelled. Thanks to your video I assume her name may have been a reference to the antimacassar item itself, which might actually be featured as an item on the couch itself.
That show made it down to the states too! (Depended on local PBS stations offerings but still). No lie, when I try to knit, I still think of a story Granny Garbanzo told of a little girl who hated knitting but then accidentally said "Knit one, twirl-- I mean purl two" and decided after knitting a row, she would twirl twice, and that made it fun. xD
Love that it was shown in the U.S. too, I always assume that Canadian shows rarely get seen outside of Canada. I like Major Bedhead delivering mail on a unicycle. I watched way too much 90's/early 2000's kids shows because I babysat/nannied through that era. I may have start teaching my daughter it as knit and twirl too, maybe she'll be more interested in knitting.
I loved that show. I recently saw a double walled tumbler with a BCC design on it from a small business, and I was all set to buy it until I learned that the shipping was more than the product itself . I don’t have the money to be able to justify that. If it did, I definitely would have bout the cup.
I loved the Big Comfy Couch!!
I remember this show as a kid and I am American. Had no idea
The split sock is what's worn in traditional Japanese dress, maybe that pattern was a result of orientalism?
I was thinking that too! They look just like :)
And the only acceptable way to wear socks with sandals 😅 (only they aren’t sandals exactly, theres a few different styles, with different names and I can’t remember the names 🤦🏻♀️)
That's a good thought! I was wondering if it was designed to help with hammertoes or blisters or something
From what I know there is a pair of socks from Scandinavia (Denmark I think) that was made with either nalbinding or sprang (or both as they were often used in combination and has the toe split
As far as I remember they are dated to about 700
But being a history nerd I totally see what you guys mean as Orientalism is something that pops up regularly
Also as the people vikingr-ing were going quite far as to the Baltic/Eastern what we call Europe today- Region maybe there were some ideas for garments that were adapted from even further East
Or maybe it was one of these incidents where people independently invented similar things around the globe
The very padded baby hat is actually something that would be useful for little ones just learning to walk. If they took a tumble it would protect them from getting injured from hitting furniture or the floor. They still make similar items, but they look more like a helmet than a hat
Baby reins are a very practical way of stopping your toddler from running off! Everyone used them when I was young.
Mine was a bracelet like thing with an cable like old phone cords 😂 my daughters was a plush monkey backpack
I see them a lot where I live, sometimes the reigns, sometimes a back pack in between the harness and the lead, but almost always an energetic 12 to 18 months old wearing them.
@Lady_dromeda I had that one too! 😂 The bracelet thing.
And sometimes they had clips so the adult could go hands free 😂
Antimacassars were made and used on chair and sofa backs long past Victorian times. I remember seeing crochet patterns from the 40's & 50's for them. The piece for the chair back was usually accompanied by 2 other rectangular pieces, for the armrests. My grandmother crocheted hers from cotton to use on all of her wool-upholstered furniture. Along with protecting a chair back fabric from oily hair products, it also protected the upholstery fabric from wear and tear. She considered the pieces for the armrests especially important because the armrests can get easily soiled and worn from people's hands.
I read that they were for protecting the furniture from hair pomades and powders.
My grandmother had them still in the 1990s!
I actually have a couple full cover ones for my couch, my cat scratched it to the point the corners were pretty ugly but she does not like to scratch it now the covers are on it and they are knitted. the fun part is i can pick colors so if i want a different couch i just put on a different cover lol
Those bifurcated socks look a lot like tabi (Japanese socks worn with geta (traditional wooden sandals) as part of traditional dress-- kimono, yukata, haori, hakama, etc.)! I know in the 1800s there was a really big obsession with Japanese/East Asian culture, especially in regards to kimono so I wonder if that's where the bifurcated socks came from! Like flip-flops, the hanao (the strap on the geta or zori shoes) goes between your big toe and the rest of your toes
Would love to see a series where you tackle vintage "amigurumi" patterns! Knitting or crochet!
The Sherlock Holmes story "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" has a major plot point involving a bell pull. When I first read the story as a kid, I had a heck of a time trying to figure out what the non-murder-mystery-related use of such a thing woudd be.
The absolute flex of pulling out that STACK of antique pattern books. I'm so jelly but also really happy for you 😂
I wonder if the child harness was used like modern child harnesses, where the kid wears the harness and the parents have the other end of the leash. They are controversial, but are intended to keep really young children (like 2 and 3) from bolting away from their parents and into busy streets. Considering that 19th century streets were chaotic, it would be practical. I really hope the whip was just a toy.
Hobby horses were really popular, so I'm hoping the whip is to use while playing with the hobby horse.
I was wondering that too. My mum had “reins” for me (as they are called in the UK). I know they are controversial but I think they just seem sensible to me as I was apparently the kind of child that would just wander off otherwise, probably into traffic. 😅😅😅
you could’t whip anything with a knitted whip even if you tried, it was most probably just an accessory 😅
I know that they are controversial but I used them on my oldest in our unfenced yard. She was 18 months and the second was a premie. She would have left if I hadn’t!
I used to have a monkey with straps for my daughter with a leash 😅 never used it much though, always forgot it and then it got lost. Now shes 5 and shouldnt need a leash but still kind of does😂
Fun episode! The second pronunciation is correct, with the emphasis on the 'cas' syllable. Per my grandmother born in 1897 whose mother insisted on making many useless crafts according to her family.
Toe socks actually date back to at least Roman times. A typical toe sock from the ancient world was in nice, bright happy stripes and the division for the toe was to allow the wearer to, um, well, _wear it with sandals!_ 😆
These early toe socks were generally made with nalbinding. I've seen a photograph of one red and white striped number, taken from an early Christian grave in Egypt that looks knitted, rather than nalbound. However, we don't have firm evidence of knitting until somewhat later in history.
The toe socks remind me of the Japanese tabi socks! I wonder if there is any correlation between the two. The tabi socks actually have a really long history as Japanese people have been wearing flip-flop-like wooden sandals (called "geta") for centuries.
Antimacassars remind me of the Eddie Murphy movie "Coming to America," where one of the characters uses something in his hair called "Soul Glow," that is always staining the furniture, lol.
My Nonna made antimacassars for her lounge and they were beautiful. She was an incredible fibre artist. I have antique tapestry bell pulls and one was made by a man because they have their names embroidered on the back material lining 😊
Last winter we Hand „Blitzeis“ and I could not get out of my car because the ground was frozen! I took of my socks und wore ehem over my shoes. No problem with slipping on the walkway, highly recomment, it´s not good for the socks though😂
I just read a nonfiction book, Nothing Daunted, about to young women who traveled to the Colorado mountains in 1916 to teach in a brand new school. One incident mentioned the 'over sock', for lack of a better term, that they put over their shoes to avoid slipping on the snow and ice. I immediately thought about your video where you knitted and experimented with them. So, proof that they really were used. Fun.
When you were talking about men's swimwear and then moved onto the "sleeve holder", I honestly thought that it was some sort of euphemistic term until you explained what it was actually for 😂
I would REALLY love to see the little giraffe in a video! What fun!
I'm personally baffled by the sleeve holder because I was always taught to just hold my sleeves with my hands when I put jackets on? Did people truly not think of that? Or is it one of those disability aids that look baffling at first glance because i'm able bodied so I can't really imagine needing it? Tbh I wouldn't expect a victorian publication to casually have such specific disability rep
Could also be for sleeves that you button at the cuff, meaning you can't grab it as it is just too tight to bring down to your hand.
I’m guessing Victorian sleeves were probably very fitted to the arm and not stretchy as they wouldn’t have had jersey type fabric so I imagine you couldn’t just hold them down.
A lot of people have mentioned the toe sock looks like a tabi sock from Japanese traditional wear, but one of my knitting books reproducing medieval Norwegian wear has a similar sock too! For wearing in your bed.
Please do all the animal knits! I so wanna see what they would look like! 😊
She should do the emotional support chicken! Or the duck that Claude did because it is a vintage pattern.
That sock with the separate big toe is interesting! The 1880s had a rage for Japonisme, which influenced everything from art to interior design to fashion, so it might be inspired by Japanese tabi socks? Or it is something in the spirit of reform clothing - I can see some Victorian arguing that toes need more freedom of movement for ~health~ reasons!
Knit bicycling tights sounds interesting. Would be interesting to see
Some of my Asian friends still use antimacassars in their living rooms and cars. Important to keep the furniture clean!
The oil protector reminds me of the scene in Coming to America where the family sits on the couch and when they stand up, they’ve left oil marks on the wall from the product in their hair
That's the memory I got as well.
It’s called practical as opposed to theoretical knitting, I think. This means applied knowledge, not just theoretical. Like Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Practical Reason, which may or may not have been super practical ☺️
For the coffee strainer, I think the coffee used during Victorian times may have not been as finely ground as the coffee is now.
Oh my goodness - I need oil protectors for everything at the moment. Chihuahua has an ear infection and the medication is oily (keeps it own the skin) coats everything and gets everywhere!!
Slippers over boots ... will try this next winter. Driveway has a slant and more than a few times I fell on my butt.
In one of the Weldon’s books, I found a knitted pattern……… the first pattern you showed was what I was going to talk about. The hand-knitted coffee filter is on my “Future Projects List”. I had thought to use Aunt Lydia’s #10 thread, but hadn’t decided the size of needles.
The antimacassars patterns I have used as doilies.
The really ott baby bonnets were also to protect the head if baby fell. They had a light pillow-ish layer underneath.
I love this video and would love to see more weird patterns so please make a series! I’m also excited to find out what an antimacassar is - L.M. Montgomery of Anne of Green Gables fame mentioned it in her books. So I gathered it was something like a cover or small blanket but didn’t know the original purpose. I’ll have to make the overshoes as slipping is a real hazard in the winter. And the Victorian toys are so cute! Please direct to some patterns? Thanks for a fascinating video! ❤
That giraffe is so cute!
My parents still have lace antimacassars on their chairs! You pronounce it with the stress on the "ca" syllable, ie. anti-ma-CA-ssar, like the 2nd way you tried to pronounce it at 3:06
I bet the sleeve holder was a crochet pattern so you could make a gift for those for whome gift shopping is very tricky
I like the egg blanket idea!
When i was younger we had icy rain and i needed to go out. My mother recomended to wear socks over my shoes against slipping, but i said no ... fell very badly and broke my hand ... lesson learned
Not a knitter but I could've watched much more of this! Love the dive into primary sources like these, and seeing the patterns recreated - please make some!
Her videos are so addicting, ive literally gone back to the oldest videos so I can watch again when im impatient for new videos 😅 I like to hear that she appeals to non knitters as well. I mainly crochet, but want to knit more, it just takes so long.
I’ve seen something similar to the baby boa but it wasn’t worn around the neck, it was more like a detachable hood edging with long tails to keep their upper body warm and cute. 🤷🏻♀️
I googled the men's hair oil you mentioned, Makassar, & through a Wikipedia page found it was named after a capital of a province in Indonesia & THAT page had a pronunciation: muh-KASS-uhr ! Just FYI bc you expressed concern re pronunciation. Love the video!
Wow! Weldon's was a much craved item my Gran let me have 40 years ago! 😍
how could i have thought i'd be the first to mention japanese tabi 🙃 kudos to the community i guess 💕
at least nobody said how important foot posture is for overall health. you basically want arches with sixpacks, in order to prevent all kinds of long-term leg and back issues. similar to lactose-free cuisine and the deep squat, split-toe footwear is one of those things asian cultures treasure for good reason.
I only use toe-socks these days, and I do that because they are sooo comfortable! My toes now have all the room in the world to be where they naturally belong when walking. I know it sounds stupid how something as thin as a sock can be restricktive, but they really do squish your toes together!
That said, I can't of cause tell you if that was the reason for their making back in the days! 😁 I would very much like to know too 😀 Maybe it had something to do with whatever footwear they used back then? Perhaps shoes were made with one last only (so left and right shoe were the same). I know that was the case sometime in history, and maybe that wasn't the most comfortable until they were worn in? Idk 🤷
You had me at the thumbnail!!! This was so fascinating
in Argentina we still use coffee strainers made of (machine)knitted cotton fabric. We call them medias (socks)
This is a great video! I would love to know how you found so many interesting men's patterns. Most historic pattern books I can find don't have much for guys.
I love how the ancestors had the same little problems (and the solutions)we have today
Like riding a bike and putting on special tights (I got some thermo leggins and they make such a difference in comfort) or being annoyed by sleeves riding up underneath jackets 😂
I admire how they were like 'alright, that's enough sensory issues, I'll come up with a special knit design'
What a vibe
I would love to make victorian crochet toys. Your elephant is so cute 🐘, but I can't find any patterns anywhere. Have you got any suggestions? Thank you 😊
The toe sock made me immediately think that it may help prevent blisters as that’s frequently why modern hikers wear toe socks??? Some other very neat responses though!
This version of 'its corn' hit different 😂😂
Thanks for sharing the interesting items!
I would be curious to see a longer video (or a live chat) where you flip through these collections. I like to see your favourites, but I’m wondering what else is in there!
A corn bag could be a bottle holder
That knit speedo sounds like a disaster waiting to happen. Maybe if it had drawstrings around the legs, but knitting stretches when wet. I can't imagine the coverage would be very good. 😅
The toe sock pattern seems like it would make most sense in a Japanese knitting book, in my opinion. I don’t think sandals were a thing in”typical” clothing of that time, and doesn’t make sense (to me) if worn with closed toed shoes/boots.
Weldon's must have come in a variety of editions. Mine is a soft cover and I don't think that it has all the soft toys.
About the sock with the big toe separating it from the rest of the toes. In Japan this is the most common of sock worn with thonged slippers and thonged sandals worn in the rice paddies. I wonder if the design in your book had a Japanese influence.
The face on that toy cat looks more like a Tasmanian Devil😄 Those overshoes look a lot like the slippers my grandmother made.
I'll keep that anti slip oversock idea in mind and will tell everyone
Hi EK- love all your videos! Are you going to make any more "Call the Midwife Knits" videos? they're actually what got me interested in the show!
This was a fun video, I find it so interesting to look back at the things that were once typical and are now all but forgotten ...^_^...
I love the corn bag.
I NEED the pineapple bag 😍
TBH i would love the speedo pattern to make it!
That was interesting !! Ya like you i wish they wud of explained the use or history of items , Thanks for sharing this !! ❤ It
Your second attempt at saying antimacassar is correct. AntimaCASSar. I am old enough for both my grandmother's to have used them. Men were still using lots of greasy hair products like Brilliantine and Brylcream during the 1950s and 1960s.
Missed you. :) I'm glad you're back!
I loved watching this! Can’t wait for your next video!
I love your videos. I love old patterns as well.
My grandfather put oil on his scalp even though he hardly had hair. He did have sensitive skin so maybe it was for that. My grandmother kept embroidered clothes for his rocking chair that she always starched and ironed.
How long is the boa? Because at the right size that could be a great teether. And come to think of it, my daughter has a toy that is literally a skein of my yarn that's hopelessly tangled... So maybe it would be a hit anyway!
About baby clothing back in the eras where the book was written. I guess it's for rich babies who didn't run everywhere, play in mud, etc.
Sorry about the incorrect apostrophe. Autocorrect did it@
Can somebody help me find the video on the over-shoes? :)
Toe sock... gout maybe?
If you want a reusable washable coffee filter, sew one from a tightly woven cotton muslin fabric.
I could see a bell pull for calling your kids in for dinner or perhaps if you are invalid and need to call for help
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Oh my word, am I the first?? Hello Engineering Knits!!
Can you keep the camera on the items while u r talking about them. Less you, more item please. Interesting
Traurig ist, dass du dich über die Menschen vergangener Tage mit diesem Video respektlos lustig machst. Und das du zwar viele schöne Dinge vergangener Tage kopierst - von der dmaligen Zeit, den Menschen und den Zusamnenhängen - leider gar keine Ahnung hast. Fiel mir schon öfter unangenehm auf. Es ist etwas beschämend.
och komm schon, sei nicht so bitter ❤
@@sujammaz Bin ich nicht 😅 Ich hoffte in diesem Video für mich mal wieder was aufschlussreiches zu sehen - bin ja Optimist. Stattdessen bekam ich einen I-Punkt auf den Eindruck der sich bereits seit längerem in mir breit machte ^^