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Ep. 695: Mr. Harrison's Confessions | Chapters 1-2 Book talk begins at 14:46 You'll want to tune in to our latest story—because in Duncombe, even saying you feel "pretty well" can cause a stir. --------------------------------------------------------------- SEPTEMBER Raffle - Box of Raffle by Andrew Ordover THIS WEEK'S TEA: https://bit.ly/craftlit-pdtea Farley's Bookshop! Don't forget to send us your crafty videos The Dress (in process and another of the dress on me) Miscellaneous Don't forget to send us your crafty videos BOOK/WATCH PARTIES coming up in 2025: Last Thursday of every month, 8pm Eastern: 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 the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/2raf9 • Podcast site: http://craftlit.com • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CraftLit/ • Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/craftlit • Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/craftlit/ • TikTok podcast: https://www.tiktok.com/@craftlit • Email: heather@craftlit.com • Previous CraftLit Classics can be found here: https://bit.ly/craftlit-library-2023 *SUPPORT THE SHOW!* • CraftLit App Premium feed bit.ly/libsynpremiumcraftlit (only one tier available) • PATREON: https://patreon.com/craftlit (all tiers, below) ——Walter Harright - $5/mo for the same audio as on App ——Jane Eyre - $10/mo for even-month Book Parties ——Mina Harker - $15/mo for odd-month Watch Parties *All tiers and benefits are also available as* —*YouTube Channel Memberships* —*Ko-Fi* https://ko-fi.com/craftlit —*NEW* at CraftLit.com — Premium Memberships https://craftlit.com/membership-levels/ *IF you want to join a particular Book or Watch Patry but you don't want to join any of the above membership options*, please use PayPal.me/craftlit or CraftLit @ Venmo and include what you want to attend in the message field. Please give us at least 24 hours to get your message and add you to the attendee list. • Download the FREE CraftLit App for iOS or Android (you can call or email feedback straight from within the app) • Call 1-206-350-1642

I sat down with Andy Hayes of Plum Deluxe Tea (CraftLit's first-ever sponsor!) to learn more about teas and get answers to many of our burning questions. *CraftLit's Socials* • Find everything here: https://www.linktr.ee/craftlitchannel • Join the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/2raf9 • Podcast site: http://craftlit.com • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CraftLit/ • Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/craftlit • Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/craftlit/ • TikTok podcast: https://www.tiktok.com/@craftlit • Email: heather@craftlit.com • Previous CraftLit Classics can be found here: https://bit.ly/craftlit-library-2023 *SUPPORT THE SHOW!* • CraftLit App Premium feed bit.ly/libsynpremiumcraftlit (only one tier available) • PATREON: https://patreon.com/craftlit (all tiers, below) ——Walter Harright - $5/mo for the same audio as on App ——Jane Eyre - $10/mo for even-month Book Parties ——Mina Harker - $15/mo for odd-month Watch Parties *All tiers and benefits are also available as* —*YouTube Channel Memberships* —*Ko-Fi* https://ko-fi.com/craftlit —*NEW* at CraftLit.com — Premium Memberships https://craftlit.com/membership-levels/ *IF you want to join a particular Book or Watch Patry but you don't want to join any of the above membership options*, please use PayPal.me/craftlit or CraftLit @ Venmo and include what you want to attend in the message field. Please give us at least 24 hours to get your message and add you to the attendee list. • Download the FREE CraftLit App for iOS or Android (you can call or email feedback straight from within the app) • Call 1-206-350-1642

Ep. 692: Cranford | Chapter 14Book talk begins at 11:49Will Miss Matty accept help from her loyal friends? And what's this about Martha and Jem... and a lodger?---------------------------------------------------------------0:00 Episode start01:30 July Raffle - Botanical Knits: 12 Designs inspired by trees and foliage by Alana Davos of Never Not Knitting03.14 - This week's Tea - Gratitude Blend https://bit.ly/craftlit-pdtea06:10 - Janine Barchas and Isabel Greenberg's new book "The Novel Life of Jane Austen: a Graphic Biography"10:20 We had a very Sad chapter 13, which ended with Miss Matty thinking about Martha. :(11:49 START BOOK TALKRubric- The Book of Common prayer printed directions for teh service in red. Hens the Rubric (from the Latin word for 'Red") signified someting of importance and later came to mean "injunction" or general rule. REALLY??? LATIN FOR RED????13:50 - Mammon - Matthew 6:24, Devil of Covetovness or Demon of Greed (medieval and Milton - lowercase) (in hebrew meant money, modern hebrew. = wealth), , unjust worldly gain - ANNOTATION is partly WRONG, But there WAS a Syrian God of Wealth19:45 - AAah Voo DEER-ray zhuh Ah! Vous dirai-je, Maman - Basically Twinkle Twinkle Little Star - the easiest piece of music one could learn to play. Mozart had done one of his 12 variations (though, personally, I'm partial to Tom Lehrer's Clementine)21:25 - She could "trace out patterns very nicely for Muslin Embroidery, by dint of placing a piece of silver-paper over the design to be copied, and holding both against the window-pane, while she marked the scollop and eyelet-holes". ANNOTATION SAYS "Probably broderie anglaise which used scalloped edges and a pattern of holes sewn round with thread like a button-hole."22:55 - a Celestial Globe to learn simple astronomy/constellations https://fi.edu/en/science-and-education/collection/celestial-globe24:35 - Wool-work and counting threads - think of needlepoint and petit-point, but you have to COUNT THE THREADS in a muslin or light canvas backing. Around 1830 v popular to stitch portraits of royalty (again, at least 10 years out of popularity elsewhere, but still popular in Cranford). Printed, gridded patterrns (Beeton's Book of Needlework)27:05 - Under a glass shade - put a glass dome or CLOCHE over things to keep dust off—would have been REALLY important b/c it was DUSTY back then and only got worse in London as the Century went on (also used in gerdening for heat retention)27:55 - Couchant - lying down in Heraldry Image from Sodacan, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons28:35 - East India Tea Company - Founded in 1600 by QE1 and held the chartered right to trade with India and China and IMPORT the tea as a monopoly until 1834 (BTW, Twining's started as a coffee SHOP/Room adding tea in 1717 , bought adjacent building for ladies to take tea(might be Western world's oldest dry tea and coffee shop) at No. 216 Strand london in 1706; still operating today - and logo created in 1787 is worlds oldest in continuous use) B/c the EIC's charter was for trade/importing, anyone could SELL the tea.31:25 - our mites: Biblical times a mite was the lowest denomination of coin in Judea (two mites = one lepta (thin or small in Greek) which was equivalent to a quadran, the smallest Roman coin), (also see Mark 12:43 re: the Widow's Mite where Christ praises the window who gives her last two mites in the temple) Two mites were worth about 1/64th of a denari - a day's wage for a common worker, toay about 1/8 of a US penny (1 cent)33:40 - Spills - QUILLING (thank you Aimee!) video of making Quilled spills37:15 - Comfit - nut, seed, etc, covered in sugar coating - link to max miller's video on Sugar PlumsPost-chapter Notes1:25:42 - SSA update - Broader information from Snopes and SSA-specific update - but don't feel the need to read other sources. Here's the actual text of the Bill: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1/text MiscellaneousDon't forget to send us your crafty videosBOOK/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 the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/2raf9• Podcast site: http://craftlit.com• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CraftLit/• Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/craftlit• Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/craftlit/• TikTok podcast: https://www.tiktok.com/@craftlit• Email: heather@craftlit.com• Previous CraftLit Classics can be found here: https://bit.ly/craftlit-library-2023*SUPPORT THE SHOW!*• CraftLit App Premium feed bit.ly/libsynpremiumcraftlit (only one tier available)• PATREON: https://patreon.com/craftlit (all tiers, below)——Walter Harright - $5/mo for the same audio as on App——Jane Eyre - $10/mo for even-month Book Parties——Mina Harker - $15/mo for odd-month Watch Parties*All tiers and benefits are also available as*—*YouTube Channel Memberships*—*Ko-Fi* https://ko-fi.com/craftlit—*NEW* at CraftLit.com — Premium Memberships https://craftlit.com/membership-levels/*IF you want to join a particular Book or Watch Patry but you don't want to join any of the above membership options*, please use PayPal.me/craftlit or CraftLit @ Venmo and include what you want to attend in the message field. 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Ep. 690: Cranford | Chapter 12Book talk begins at 15:55Peter may be lost to the mists of time (or possibly crowned the llama of Tibet, if Miss Pole is to be believed) but it's Lady Glenmire who's dropped the real bombshell in this week's chapter.---------------------------------------------------------------0:00 Episode start02.00 - This week's Tea - Bookshop Blend white https://bit.ly/craftlit-pdtea• Erin has a free Book Tracker quilt pattern that you might be interested in. It's also an FPP (Foundation Paper Piecing) pattern and can be found here: https://www.snugglepuzzle.com/book-tracker-quilt/• Don't forget to send us your crafty videos03:55 - Foundation Paper Piecing patterns04:30 - Benjamin Dryer of "Dryer's English" & Andrew on AI this is what he wrote to me to introduce all these interactions:The reason I was remembering this book (that I can't quite remember) is that the idea of scale has been on my mind. It started with this story, and then this post that I wrote in response to it—and then this post by Benjamin Dreyer, which I asked my Chat-GPT to respond to, which then led to THIS piece from America's Copy Editor, with both of us being a little dazzled and a little terrified by a "mere" predictive-text engine's ability to create a phrase like "phrenology for prose."07:30 - CraftLit is now on Audible—please check and let us know if it worked!08:20 - Jon Stewart and Trevor Noah10:25 - Jameella Jamil's article12:17 - Don't forget to send us your crafty videos like Steph!!!13:00 - Listener Margaret had JUST read this book on the Porter Sisters when their books were mentioned on a Cranford episode! ZEITGEIST!!!!13:46 - I just listened to the podcast Haptic and Hue: Tales of Textiles. the June 4 episode is on The Witches of Scotland: How a New Tartan Became a Living Memorial - and thought Craftlit people would be interested—thank you JayKay15:20 - And from Maia a BBC podcast on the same topic15:30 - And another podcast from Lily M15:55 START BOOK TALK16:05 - A Moving Chess Pieces Chapter17:49 - "veiled prophet in Lalla Rookh" by Thomas Moore (1799-1852), verse tales joined by prose text, first tale "The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan" Edward Said's book Orientalism19:00 - Rowland's Kalydor: a skin tonic with a basis of almond oil.19:20 - Bonds are issued by governments or companies wishing to raise money. Foreign bonds in Cranford = risky (a kind of South Sea bubble).22:56 - "Tibbie Fowler"—poem by Robert Burns (1756 to 1796)24:30 - "Queen of Spain's Legs"—just sayin' 🤣47:21 - Post Chapter Chat51:10 - it's not The Kiss scene, it's "The Reunion Scene" and you can find it here. MiscellaneousDon't forget to send us your crafty videosBOOK/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 the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/2raf9• Podcast site: http://craftlit.com• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CraftLit/• Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/craftlit• Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/craftlit/• TikTok podcast: https://www.tiktok.com/@craftlit• Email: heather@craftlit.com• Previous CraftLit Classics can be found here: https://bit.ly/craftlit-library-2023*SUPPORT THE SHOW!*• CraftLit App Premium feed bit.ly/libsynpremiumcraftlit (only one tier available)• PATREON: https://patreon.com/craftlit (all tiers, below)——Walter Harright - $5/mo for the same audio as on App——Jane Eyre - $10/mo for even-month Book Parties——Mina Harker - $15/mo for odd-month Watch Parties*All tiers and benefits are also available as*—*YouTube Channel Memberships*—*Ko-Fi* https://ko-fi.com/craftlit—*NEW* at CraftLit.com — Premium Memberships https://craftlit.com/membership-levels/*IF you want to join a particular Book or Watch Patry but you don't want to join any of the above membership options*, please use PayPal.me/craftlit or CraftLit @ Venmo and include what you want to attend in the message field. Please give us at least 24 hours to get your message and add you to the attendee list.• Download the FREE CraftLit App for iOS or Android (you can call or email feedback straight from within the app)• Call 1-206-350-1642

Ep. 688: Cranford | Chapter 10Book talk begins at 14:11Robbers, suspicion, and just when things couldn't get more tragic (or absurd), Mrs. Jamieson's dog dies—and she mourns harder than she did her own husband.---------------------------------------------------------------0:00 Episode start• Plum Deluxe Tea-CraftLit's Discount Code! https://bit.ly/craftlit-pdtea• Erin has a free Book Tracker quilt pattern that you might be interested in. It's also an FPP (Foundation Paper Piecing) pattern and can be found here: https://www.snugglepuzzle.com/book-tracker-quilt/• Don't forget to send us your crafty videos• Nicole Rudolph women's credit card history• Nicole Rudolph's women traveling trunks• KAZ Victorian trains vs modern trains• Nicole Rudolph money and clothes channeling lady glenmire's 10£ outfit13:10 Support BJ Harrison here: https://audiobooklibrarycard.com/ For a subscription of $6.99/month, you can stream or download the entire Classic Tales Audiobooks library. These are curated, award-winning titles Truly unlimited listening. No limits or extra fees.14:11 START BOOK TALK Signor Brunoni and Miss Pole's Magicsplaining - she only gets worse in this chapter15:03 - Doctors are also dentists - don't forget16:10 - Remember that the French fought with the Colonists against Britain AND The Brits also fought the French in Spain during the Peninsular War (1808-1815) vs Napoleon.17:12 - Madame de Staël with a turban on and another of Mr Denon-Denon was an art expert who travelled with Napoleon to Egypt. One of his sketches is of a man in a turban:18:35 - There is a reference to Philomel / Nightingale20:34 - You'll hear a reference to a mysterious "deadly force" - or "the gaze"21:32 - Cheltenham, spa town.21:46 - Virago—domineering bad tempered woman21:50 - Videlicet - viz: Videlicet (2. > vi-DEL-i-sit or wi-del-eh-ket in Latin) is a Latin adverb meaning "namely," "that is to say," or "as follows." It's abbreviated as viz.22:56 - Dr. John Ferrier—(1761 to 1815)—author of an essay "Towards a Theory of Apparitions" and Dr Samuel Hibbard—(1782 to 1848)—the author of Sketches of the Philosophy of Apparitions (or an Attempt to Trace Such Illusions to Their Physical Causes (1825)59:27 Post-chapter Chat01:02:00 - LOGICAL FALLACY - Miss Pole: "I beleive he was robbed…"Appeal to Belief ** - (argumentum ad consequentiam or ad populum)** Definition: Claiming that something must be true (or false) simply because one believes it, regardless of the evidence or reasoning - the Plural of Anecdote is NOT Data.1:03:39 Mrs Forester - cold pigged in the morning to get out of bedMiscellaneousDon't forget to send us your crafty videosBOOK/WATCH PARTIES coming up in 2025: Last Thursday of every month, 8pm Eastern:Jun—Princess Bride (book—there are many versions - Heather has notes on which Forward to read)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 the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/2raf9• Podcast site: http://craftlit.com• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CraftLit/• Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/craftlit• Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/craftlit/• TikTok podcast: https://www.tiktok.com/@craftlit• Email: heather@craftlit.com• Previous CraftLit Classics can be found here: https://bit.ly/craftlit-library-2023*SUPPORT THE SHOW!*• CraftLit App Premium feed bit.ly/libsynpremiumcraftlit (only one tier available)• PATREON: https://patreon.com/craftlit (all tiers, below)——Walter Harright - $5/mo for the same audio as on App——Jane Eyre - $10/mo for even-month Book Parties——Mina Harker - $15/mo for odd-month Watch Parties*All tiers and benefits are also available as*—*YouTube Channel Memberships*—*Ko-Fi* https://ko-fi.com/craftlit—*NEW* at CraftLit.com — Premium Memberships https://craftlit.com/membership-levels/*IF you want to join a particular Book or Watch Patry but you don't want to join any of the above membership options*, please use PayPal.me/craftlit or CraftLit @ Venmo and include what you want to attend in the message field. Please give us at least 24 hours to get your message and add you to the attendee list.• Download the FREE CraftLit App for iOS or Android (you can call or email feedback straight from within the app)• Call 1-206-350-1642

Ep. 686: Cranford | Chapter 8Book talk begins at 15:54Lady Glenmire (a real baron's widow!) is in town, and the Cranford ladies can't decide whether to curtsey or completely ignore her—Mrs. Jamieson prefers the latter.---------------------------------------------------------------00:00 Episode start1:55 - MAY RAFFLE - Sir Walter Scott Cross stitch from Rebecca S (Of Book it with Becca)2:25 - Send your crafty videos: https://bit.ly/craftlit-be-crafty4:45 - Plum Deluxe Tea-CraftLit's Discount Code! https://bit.ly/craftlit-pdtea5:05 - Doom and Bloom book,5:35 - Struthless's YouTube channel8:01 - ELSIE BLOUSE on WEARING HISTORY wearinghistory.com8:50 - American Dressmaking Step by Step book. Hope that helps!10:40 - cool pollinator info to be found on sites like this! And Two-spotted Bumblebee on Coreopsis from Donna Schmidt13:48-Anya's voice mailBOOK TALK—Re-hash Notes15:57 - Last week Visiting - RE-LISTENPre-hash Notes17:00 - Your Ladyship. Ended with Cherry Brandy (ha!) And Mrs Jamieson blurting out to everyone she would be hosting her SIL Lady Glenmire soon.17:50 - shared subscription to newspaper. SOME REALLY CLEVER Austen-like wordplay in today's chapter. A lot of fun!Characters in *Cranford* (Updated for Chs. 6–8)18:25 - County families—the landed gentry in the county - you know…the only important people in the area :(Miss Pole "I'll think of something to say back to her… tonight…"—nothing changes HA!18:40 Peerage - prob refers to Burke's Peerage and Baronetage (first pub was 1826!!!) Only 16 Scottish peers were SELECTED to sit in the House of Lords; 19:00 -comparison to Job - God takes everything from him then torments him some more.20:40 - The Arley's - we learned that Lady Arley shopped at Betty Barker's milliner shop last week and was part of why the shop eventually only served the well-to-do of Cranford ——which lets us know that there WAS a well-to-do set and our ladies are not they!22:00 - Fourth at pool - another card game22:45 - Sedulously-Dedication, diligence22:55 - "thought you might want a description of Mrs Smith, Her being a bride". B/c often a bride's 1st appearance in society after honeymoon she wore her dress.23:15 - ***nipped up her petticoats*** -25:10 - Mr Milliner - introduce him to listeners - ignored back door (GASP)25:15 - candle lighters as an excise LOL ALSO what's she making them out of?!??? - EXCELLENT WAY TO USE OLD BILLS & LETTERS!Assumption no one will go LOL -Poole's rationalization to go to party 🤣 - don't give her the satisfaction of hurting us (but mostly I HAVE A NEW CAP!!!)27:23 - Phlegmatic - Mrs Jamieson - of the Four Temperaments: sanguine, choleric, melancholic, and phlegmatic - UNemotionalVery smart cap - Miss Pole -Duty was to FIRST buy a new cap - everyone does b/cwhen wearing a new cap, Cranford ladies were like Ostriches and didn't care what was on their bodies - lol -28:00 - Brooches - popular now??Dogs eyes -Hair insides - Mausoleum/weeping willowStiff muslin - like brooch mounted on florettesWe're brooches out of fashion??!? -30:00- LISTEN to the description of Miss Pole! HA!Scotch pebbles - not really timely. Victoria bought Balmoral in 1848 and suddenly Scottish agates (found in stream beds with other semi-precious stones) were VERY popular30:45 - Hair powder Over his coat collar - started in 1715 and was WAY out of date by now*St James' Chronicle* is a 4-way shared subscription with Cranford ladies - Quarter share -Mr Mulliner —ADD to cheat sheet -He looked like a Sulky cockatoo. lol -31:25 - her furniture—Era predates-Louis 14th (1638-1715) - remember people were cheap, furniture was not32:12 - pembrook table - drop-leaf table32:45 - Kaleidoscope - invented in 1817 by Sir David Brewster; Conversation Cards and Puzzle Cards - seen in the Doctor sub-plot of the Mini-series/"Mr Harrisson's Confessions (1851)34:30 - Drawings on tea chests - Might be Tole painting? might be like this (which happens to be ***japanned!*** A tinplate tea chest, c. 1760, painted with naturalistic flowers and containing two tinplate tea canisters and a sugar box. Private collection) Essential guide to tea chests and caddies36:35 - torpid - mentally OR physically inactiveAgreeable and not formally - seated36:40 - 10£ - would have purchased her whole ensemble - see belowA Lord, yet NOT a ***Lord*** - had become a common turn of phrase (A __- but not A ____), kind of like "because Reasons" has become shorthand in conversation.Lady Glenmire and Mrs. Jaimeson - SIL41:05 - Small lumps of sugar - b/c sugar was lumped in-house, not purchased in pre-squared formPreference, Ombré, Quadrille, ***Basto***, Spadille - card games and Basto=Ace of Clubs is 3rd highest trump card in Ober and Quadrille. By playing it, Misss Pole makes Lady GLenmire use up the highest trump spadrille - the Ace of Spades41:50 - Mrs Forrester's (of Cow fame) LACE STORY!43:00 - Catholic Emancipation Bill = 1829 gave Catholics access to certain public offices from which they had previously been barred. This would have exactly ZERO impact on the making of Brussels Lace.42:30 - Emetic + top-boot *(in the early 1800s, Wellingtons were sometimes referred to as "top boots". 42:50 - The term "top boots" was used for high-cut boots, often associated with riding or military wear, and Wellingtons were a popular type of boot in that category)* - emetic causes vomiting (NOT as done in the mini-series)43:30 - astronomy/astrology - Francis Moor's astrological predictionsPost-chapter NotesMartha no family in town?LOVE the "How do we address a Lady - I forgot!"HA! Mrs Jaimeson seems pretty desperate for company by the time the ladies visit! HA!- LOVE Mulliner relationship with All The Women - ugh…mansplaining.miss Pole's triumphant first comment -The DOG gets the cream!!?!? We were as intelligent and sensible as the dog - HA!!!Mrs Forrester is wearing VOMIT LACE! HA!LACE EPISODE PUT "PLAUSIBLE" on screen like mythbustersLEANNE LACE VIDEOAdditional notes for the lace video at the end: Lace of Long Ago1920s Belgian Lace Makers Nalbinding Kerouac's manuscriptMiscellaneousClothing costs research (some)MeasuringWorth.comCunnington, C. Willett. *English Women's Clothing in the Nineteenth Century* (1937)Ribeiro, Aileen. *Dress and Morality* (1986)Recollections: Victorian Clothing CostsDon't forget to send us your crafty videosBOOK/WATCH PARTIES coming up in 2025: Last Thursday of every month, 8pm Eastern:Jun—Princess Bride (book—there are many versions - Heather has notes on which Forward to read)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:...

Ep. 684: Cranford | Chapter 6Book talk begins at 15:15Oh, you're not ready for this one. This week, Miss Matty lets us in on a long-held family secret—and you know when the ladies of Cranford whisper, it's worth leaning in.---------------------------------------------------------------00:00 Episode start01:45 Plum Deluxe Cinnamon Nourish Black Tea—part of the Winter CollectionAlso, MAY RAFFLE - Sir Walter Scott Cross stitch from Rebecca S (Of Book it with Becca, who wrote the wonderful post: "What do you do with a problem like Emma?"03:30 Parkrose Permaculture video on unintended consequences. Then I found that I'd watched several of her videos on the subject of Individualism:Toxic Individualism #1Toxic Individualism #2 Rugged Individualism (and another video on the same topic from Robert Reich) Pioneer Women book8:20 Bug and Bee house (I love this guy's VERY DIY attitude) and Ladybug Hotel #1 and Bug Hotel #212:00 Barbara Edelman show - BEE EPISODE15:15 Read all the letters and ended with "poor Peter" which will be where we begin today15:30 Reminder From Ch 5: Bonus Bernardus non video omnia* The Blessed Bernard does not see everything - maybe said by St Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)— This quote is often attributed (possibly apocryphally) to Peter Abelard, the 12th-century theologian, as a gentle jab at St. Bernard of Clairvaux, with whom he clashed theologically. Meaning: Even the wisest man (here, Blessed Bernard) can be wrong sometimes.16:00 Hoaxing - slang when it first came in to use 1796 but by 1820 it was common use. So by 1840-50 it was no longer improper to use.16:44 St James's Chronicle - Library of Congress18:00 Rhododendron - in late 1840s and in to the 1850s, Botanist Sir Joseph Hooker bro und exotic species back from the Himalayas which was VERY exciting and the reason that the Rhododendron Dell was put in at Kew Gardens… IS IT STILL THERE? heather@craftlit.com or 1-206-350-1642, or speakpipe.com/craftlit20:10 Queen Esther and King Ahasuerus - ONLY BOOK THAT DOESN'T MENTION GODLOOK! ⬆️ It's a Whole Megillah! 😂26:00 No overland route for Poor Peter - this clues us in on when Peter went to India. [An overland route via the Red Sea was opened in the late 1830s](https://englishhistoryauthors.blogspot.com/2017/06/full-steam-ahead-overland-route-home.html27:30 "Some Great War in India" - probably the First Anglo Burmese War (1824-26)28:54 here's your chapter summary: Summary: Miss Matty shares the story of her brother, Peter, who left Cranford after a disagreement with their father. His absence left a lasting impact on Miss Matty, highlighting the deep bonds of family despite misunderstandings.Post-chapter Notes01:02:29 "Jack and Jilling it" is shorthand for when Heather refers to this article: Journal of Reading, Volume 24, No. 2, November 1980, p. 101, William H. Smith, "What they didn't tell you about Jack and Jill"Don't forget to send us your crafty videos SEND US YOUR CRAFTY VIDEOS.BOOK/WATCH PARTIES coming up in 2025 https://craftlit.gumroad.com/l/craftlit-partyJan—All About Eve (Buckle up!)Feb—Rebecca (book)Mar—Rebecca (movie —if requested, a double feature of Hitchcock's version vs the 2020 remake)Apr—Thin Man (book)May—Thin Man (movie)Jun—Princess Bride (book—there are many versions - Heather has notes on which Forward to read)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 the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/2raf9• Podcast site: http://craftlit.com• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CraftLit/• Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/craftlit• Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/craftlit/• TikTok podcast: https://www.tiktok.com/@craftlit• Email: heather@craftlit.com• Previous CraftLit Classics can be found here: https://bit.ly/craftlit-library-2023*SUPPORT THE SHOW!*• CraftLit App Premium feed bit.ly/libsynpremiumcraftlit (only one tier available)• PATREON: https://patreon.com/craftlit (all tiers, below)——Walter Harright - $5/mo for the same audio as on App——Jane Eyre - $10/mo for even-month Book Parties——Mina Harker - $15/mo for odd-month Watch Parties*All tiers and benefits are also available as*—*YouTube Channel Memberships*—*Ko-Fi* https://ko-fi.com/craftlit—*NEW* at CraftLit.com — Premium Memberships https://craftlit.com/membership-levels/*IF you want to join a particular Book or Watch Patry but you don't want to join any of the above membership options*, please use PayPal.me/craftlit or CraftLit @ Venmo and include what you want to attend in the message field. Please give us at least 24 hours to get your message and add you to the attendee list.• Download the FREE CraftLit App for iOS or Android (you can call or email feedback straight from within the app)• Call 1-206-350-1642

Ep. 682: Cranford | Chapter 4Book talk begins at 10:00A mysterious stranger stirs up gossip, secrets slip out over tea, and Miss Matty's world gets just a little more complicated.---------------------------------------------------------------00:00 Episode start01:56 MAY RAFFLE - Sir Walter Scott Cross stitch from Rebecca S (Of Book it with Becca, who wrote the wonderful post: "What do you do with a problem like Emma?"2:42 The dimensions of the cross-stitch are 9"x11" (23cmx30cm)Also, Plum Deluxe's CraftLit tea collection is here: https://bit.ly/craftlit-pdtea03:55 - Gardening Olla DIY video 1 and a plastic bottle version and gardening video with fake drip irrigation06:12 Send us your crafty videos!07:18 - Thin Man Movie Watch Party, May 24, 2025. If you need to level-up to join us we've made it easy!09:54 - Re- hash Chapter 3: A Love Affair of Long Ago - Miss Matty Jenkyns reminisces about her past romance with Mr. Holbrook, which was thwarted by her family's disapproval.Miss J couldn't SUCK an orange (then by ch 3 she was gone from us)Martha, the new girl of all work trying to learn how to do her job and nudging Major Jenkyns when he didn't serve himself fast enough11:00 Miss Matilda SATE bolt upright (not a typo)11:16 Poetry today from George Herbert—selections from will be featured at the end of the episodes, Euan Bartlett is the reader12:00 "Pudding before meat" and "no broth no ball; no ball, no beef"Suet Pudding:Spotted Dick pudding:Steak and Kidney pudding:Yorkshire Pudding14:00 Yorkshire Pudding, a Humble History15:32 Old fashioned forks - like 16th Century/1500s - were two-tine forks.16:44 "Aminé at her grains of rice after her previous feast with the Ghoul" - from "The Story of Sidi-Nouman" from One Thousand and One Nights (1765-8) Aminé is wife of Sidi Nouman who notices she only eats rice with a bodkin. He figures out she's a Ghoul who goes to cemeteries at night to feast on the newly-buried dead so rice was pretty 'meh' for her.17:48 "Unbecoming calashes to put on over their caps" - threw me b/c of the Caleche's in Dracula - turns out they're related! Retractable hood to put over a cap!19:34 Tennyson - a line about cedars from 1842's "The Gardiner's Daughter" and in the original text It's missing from the published version so a conversation turn would have been less of an utter non-sequiter in the OG version.20:30 Headsup for the crocheters in our midst.20:48 "Locksley Hall" by Tennyson - not included accidentally.21:04 Visiting rules - more49:40 '"My cousin might make a drive, I think," said Miss Pole, who was afraid of ear-ache, and had only her cap on. '— spectacular set of non-sequiters (p41)53:30 I saw, I imitated, I survived - Mary Smith as Cæsar - using rounded knife tip as a spoon-ish food delivery deviceDon't forget! SEND US YOUR CRAFTY VIDEOSGeorge Herbert's poetry often draws on the natural world, gardens, and quiet reflection:1. "The Flower"Theme: Renewal, the seasons of the soul, joy in growth Perfect for July because: It celebrates the resurgence of beauty and hope—after cold or darkness, flowers bloom again."Grief melts awayLike snow in May, As if there were no such cold thing.""Who would have thought my shriveled heartCould have recovered greenness? It was gone Quite underground; as flowers depart To see their mother-root, when they have blown.""Thy garden is not bare;And I shall find once more The sweet communion with thy saints."2. "Easter"Yes, it's tied to the holiday, but it also celebrates light and blooming."Rise heart; thy Lord is risen. Sing his praiseWithout delays, Who takes thee by the hand, that thou likewise With him mayst rise."Pair this with literal rising things—morning sun, lilies, tall foxgloves.3. "The Pulley"Theme: Why God withholds perfect rest—so we seek Him. This works well in summer, when life feels abundant, but still leaves a twinge of longing."When God at first made man,Having a glass of blessings standing by…" (and yet withheld rest, to draw man's soul back to God)A beautiful idea for a reflective pause among too-perfect blooms.4. "Love (III)"Theme: Divine love, human unworthiness, and acceptance It's more theological, but gentle and moving—great for a quiet bench moment in a shady corner."Love bade me welcome; yet my soul drew back…""You must sit down," says Love, "and taste my meat." So I did sit and eat."It pairs beautifully with the hum of bees and the hospitality of a garden.If you want a very short quote for your garden journal or bench-musing: • "Thou hast given me this herb of grace to smell and taste." — from "Grace" • "Sweet rose, whose hue angry and brave…" — from "Virtue" • "He that in mirth and youthful jollity keeps measure, is more temperate than he that lets his sorrow flow out without check." — from his prose The Country Parson*CraftLit's Socials*• Find everything here: https://www.linktr.ee/craftlitchannel• Join the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/2raf9• Podcast site: http://craftlit.com• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CraftLit/• Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/craftlit• Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/craftlit/• TikTok podcast: https://www.tiktok.com/@craftlit• Email: heather@craftlit.com• Previous CraftLit Classics can be found here: https://bit.ly/craftlit-library-2023*SUPPORT THE SHOW!*• CraftLit App Premium feed bit.ly/libsynpremiumcraftlit (only one tier available)• PATREON: https://patreon.com/craftlit (all tiers, below)——Walter Harright - $5/mo for the same audio as on App——Jane Eyre - $10/mo for even-month Book Parties——Mina Harker - $15/mo for odd-month Watch Parties*All tiers and benefits are also available as*—*YouTube Channel Memberships*—*Ko-Fi* https://ko-fi.com/craftlit—*NEW* at CraftLit.com — Premium Memberships https://craftlit.com/membership-levels/*IF you want to join a particular Book or Watch Patry but you don't want to join any of the above membership options*, please use PayPal.me/craftlit or CraftLit @ Venmo and include what you want to attend in the message field. Please give us at least 24 hours to get your message and add you to the attendee list.• Download the FREE CraftLit App for iOS or Android (you can call or email feedback straight from within the app)• Call 1-206-350-1642