Craftsnark & stitch and b*tch clubs: How knitting gossip has changed

Some academics believe gossip is essential for social life, but what happens when it moves from in-person to online spaces? Join Alison and Anjali in a conversation about gossip, fiber arts, and that one terrible fiber festival everyone heard about. It'll be fun!

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Further Reading & Listening on Gossip

• Normal Gossip podcast knitting episode on Apple and Spotify
• An Integrative Definition and Framework to Study Gossip — Group & Organization Management
• "Gossip About Knitting" — New York Times
• Gossip: An Investigation into the Feminine Art of Conversation — RISD
• Ritualizing Language: Ancient Greek Women's Gossip and Magic as Intertwining, Subversive Paths to Justice
• Gossip in Evolutionary Perspective by R.I.M. Dunbar

Gossip-Related Artwork

• Netherlandish Proverbs (1559) by Peter Bruegel the Elder
• The Friendly Gossips (1901) by Eugene de Blaas
• Two Women Leaning Back in Sofa, Knitting by Mark Rothko

Knitting Gossip Examples

• #Fybrefest: Unraveling What Went Wrong With this Yarn Festival — Aspen in the Moment
• 'Fybrefest': How the Catskill Wool & Folk Festival unraveled — Times-Union
• Original post about Stephen West on Craftsnark
• West's first apology
• West's second apology
• Something is off about the Stephen West backlash — Craftsnark

Two Stitches Enter, One Stitch Leaves

• Storm Sweater vs Staffin Pattern
• The Sheep Sweater by Rosa Pomar vs Ovis Sweater by Caitlin Hunter
• Diana Black Sheep Sweater
• Butterscotch Sweater vs Newspaper Pullover

Other Knitty Things

• Alison is making the Autumn Alpine sweater with yarn from Queen City Yarn
• Anjali is bartering with the Burgos Vest, knit in Harrisville Designs WATERshed in Elm