Handwork
Wonder Cabinet
Wonder Cabinet Productions
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 21 April 2018
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
More than 38 million Americans knit or crochet. Not because they crave mittens and afghans, but because they like the way knitting feels. Handwork turns out be a powerful antidote for digital overload.
Guests:
Betsan Corkhill, Colin McGinn, Lynda Barry, Richard Polt, Tyler Knott Gregson
Interviews:
Can Knitting Improve Your Health?, How Hands Have Shaped Humanity, Lynda Barry's Radio Drawing Lessons, The Magical Mechanical Typewriter, The Typewriter Poet
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | It's to the best of our knowledge. I'm Anne Strange Champs, and when the weather turns cold and the nights get long, that's when I know it's time to start knitting. Just recently, we've got in Anzula, which is a beautiful hand-painted yarn. The Brooklyn Tweet, have you seen this yet? Uh-uh. I don't even know what you'd call that color. Well, his color names are so great. Like, this is called Tent. attend |
| 0:01.1 | there's The Brooklyn Tweet, have you seen this yet? Uh-uh. I don't even know what you'd call that color. Well, his color names are so great. |
| 0:22.3 | Like, this is called Tent. |
| 0:24.0 | A Tent? |
| 0:24.7 | Yeah, there's one that's called SAP. |
| 0:27.1 | This is homemade jam. |
| 0:28.7 | I mean, doesn't get it. |
| 0:29.5 | Oh, look at that. |
| 0:30.1 | This is my local knitting shop, the knitting tree. |
| 0:32.7 | An owner, Jackie Shanahan and I are checking out the new yarn. How many yards did they say? |
| 0:38.3 | Have you made anything? |
| 0:39.3 | I have. |
| 0:40.3 | I have. |
| 0:41.3 | Knitting is meditative for me. |
| 0:43.3 | I'm kind of an A-type person and I can't sit still, so it helps me sit in focus and I couldn't live without it. |
| 0:51.3 | So here I am. |
| 0:53.3 | I garden in the summer and knit in the winter. |
| 0:56.5 | It's extremely calming, kind of like doing meditation almost. |
| 1:02.2 | This is the secret every knitter knows how calming it is. |
| 1:06.5 | It's like a tranquilizer made of wool. |
| 1:09.5 | That's why Ruth Bader Ginsburg knits her way through Supreme Court decisions. |
| 1:13.7 | Why Susan Stamberg used to knit while she was hosting all things considered. |
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