Extremely Specific Hats

We're back! Hi! Sorry for the unplanned hiatus--we missed you, too. This week, we've got a delightful sponsored episode featuring the most specific and niche topic we've ever covered. It's hats! 18th-century naval knit hats recovered from shipwrecks! See? Extremely specific. But FASCINATING! We get into the knitty gritty (HA) and also talk about fabric conservation, a smidge of underwater archaeology, and FOSSILIZED FABRIC! Tune in or miss out! Audio note: Something funky happened with this recording, and there was a lot of unpleasant buzzing in a few spots. Anna fixed it as much as possible, but it does mean the audio quality is a little different on this one. SHOW NOTES: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/toboggan-tuque-knit-hat-regionalism https://www.heddels.com/start-here/ https://www.curiousfrau.com/2009/08/16/knitted-mans-hat-from-the-ship-qgagianaq/ https://www.qaronline.org/blackbeard-sails-again-conservation-textiles-queen-annes-revenge-shipwreck/open https://www.abc.se/~pa//mar/wrak32.htm https://carnegiemnh.org/archaeological-textiles-eastern-us/ https://en.natmus.dk/historical-knowledge/denmark/prehistoric-period-until-1050-ad/what-did-they-wear/textile-preservation/ https://www.synchrotron-soleil.fr/en/news/what-mechanisms-are-responsible-preservation-archaeological-textiles-over-thousands-years