693: Nation of Knitters - Chapter 15 of Cranford

693: Nation of Knitters - Chapter 15 of Cranford

1:12:47 Jul 18, 2025
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Ep. 693: Cranford | Chapter 15 Book talk begins at 22:26 Cranford wraps up with surprise marriages, booming tea sales, Mrs. Jamieson's selective approval, and the long-awaited return of a familiar face—serving one final cup of genteel drama and heartwarming resolution. --------------------------------------------------------------- 0:00 Episode start 3:20 JULY - Botanical Knits: 12 Designs inspired by trees and foliage by Alana Davos of Never Not Knitting 04:57 THIS WEEK'S TEA: Gratitude Blend https://bit.ly/craftlit-pdteaDon't forget to send us your crafty videos 07:10- review of Knit Nation 9:00 stitch of the month around 10:08 - I'm talking about what NOT to use the stitch for around 10:29 here's my swatch around 12:18 color header pic The inner edge of odd pages has the page number :( 22:26 START BOOK TALK 22:30 We had a marvelous chapter 14, and the start of Miss Matty's tea chop (and comfit dispensary) 23:17 HumanKind: a hopeful history by Rutger Bregman 25:00 TEA! Congou - Chinese Black tea popular in 19th Century (Lapsang) Souchong - fine variety of above; smoked-dried over pinewood fires (so it takes kind of marvelously smokey) Gunpowder - fine type of green tea - EACH LEAF is rolled up to look granular (I checked, and yes, you can watch the leaves unroll while it steeps!) Pekoe - superior black tea picked when leaves are still young and downy (Plum Deluxe has a Pekoe Ceylon Tea—because pekoe is actually a tea grade not a falvor profile!) 26:31 - Holy smoke! Samuel Johnson's Dictionary is ONLINE now! 26:50 - The old Hundredth - musical version of Psalm 100 "All people that on earth do dwell" (Heather actually played it on the piano for you!) 28:05 - Baron Munchausen stories, all free to read or download: Public Domain Texts - Raspe's Original English Edition (1785) The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen ? Project Gutenberg - Bürger's German Expansion (1786) Wunderbare Reisen zu Wasser und Lande, Feldzüge und lustige Abenteuer des Freiherrn von Münchhausen ? German Text on Projekt Gutenberg-DE - Illustrated Edition (Gustave Doré, 1862) Beautifully illustrated version: ? Internet Archive Scan - English Edition with Illustrations (1895) Baron Munchausen: His Travels and Surprising Adventures in Russia (Includes famous illustrations) ? Project Gutenberg Free Audiobooks - LibriVox (English audiobook) ? Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen (LibriVox) - LibriVox (German audiobook) ? Wunderbare Reisen… (LibriVox) 30:46 - More on the Siege of Rangoon (1824) 32:20 - Chapter Audio 01:06:22 - Post-chapter Notes Miscellaneous Don't forget to send us your crafty videos BOOK/WATCH PARTIES coming up in 2025: Last Thursday of every month, 8pm Eastern: Jul—Princess Bride (movie) Aug—The Last Unicorn (book) Sep—The Last Unicorn (movie) Oct—Random Harvest (book) Nov—Random Harvest (movie) Dec—Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal (book) *CraftLit's Socials* • Find everything here: https://www.linktr.ee/craftlitchannel • Join
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