Brian Laird on WNYC.

So are you a hobbyist?

Would you like to be?

All through this membership drive, we're going to end the show by looking at some of the popular ways we spend our time

honing new skills and finding community, virtually and in person, among other people,

as obsessed as we might be with yarn, clay, paper, glass, or getting up early to sit and watch

the birds. Today, let's kick this off with a look at knitting and crocheting.

We are joined for this by Nancy Wichie, a knitter, crocheter, weaver, and pattern designer,

who can be found most days at Nitty City, yarn store on West 79th Street.

We won't have time for calls, but you can text us at 212-433 WNYC to share your latest project who taught you to knit

or your favorite bit of knitting lore.

And Nancy, welcome to WNYC.

Hi, Brian.

Thank you so much for having me.

I guess I could say like a few things we will talk about in this series.

Knitting and crocheting didn't start as hobbies, but in this case as how you got a sweater

if you wanted one, you know, a very practical thing.

How did it become a hobby?

How did it become a hobby?

Well, for me, how it started for me, I was waiting.

I'm not from the U.S. I'm from Amsterdam.

And I married a New Yorker, Trevor.

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