Uploaded November 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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It's a cold rainy Small-Business Saturday here in the Midwest, so I'm going to enjoy shopping small businesses online with a champaign-inspired cocktail with homemade gummy bears and talk about women tool-makers who have inspired me.

-Featured Partners-
National Knit a Sweater in a Month (NaKniSweMo): ravelry.com/discuss/nakniswemo-kal/3941528/1-25#11 (account required) knittyblog.com/2010/11/nakniswemo
International Scheepjes Crochet Along (CAL): scheepjes.com/en/cals-and-mals/scheepjes-cals/scheepjes-cal-2019/information
BOOK: Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times: amazon.com/Womens-Work-First-Years-Society/dp/0393313484
Enid Ashcroft: etsy.com/uk/shop/EnidAshcroftSpindles
Allison Geary: agearywoodworks.wordpress.com
Janet Fox @ Handywoman Shop: handywomanshop.com

-Featured Morning Cocktail-
Wollersheim Blushing Rose: wollersheim.com/product/blushing-rose
Barefoot Brute Rose Champagne: barefootwine.com/our-wine/detail/brut-rosé-champagne-wine
Homemade Gummy Bears (recipe on Instagram page)
Lemon slice garnish

-Featured Music-
"Magic from the 50s"
Composed bt Edward Jonathan Blakeley (PRS) Published by Lynne Publishing (PRS)
neosounds.com/royalty-free-music/songs/11625/magic-from-the-50s-lynnemusic

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