How We Started Knitting & Became Friends

Welcome to Two Women Yelling About Knitting, a show that is not about what we are buying or what we are making, but instead asks questions like: What is your knitting story? How did you learn, and what does knitting mean to you now? And side note: how exactly do Anjali and Alison know each other??

This is a space where we look up from our works in progress and acquisitions and talk about what we see in the wider world of knitting -- it's political, social, and historical context. But don't worry. It'll be fun!

#TWYAK04 Notes

Books We Mention

• Stitch 'n Bitch: The Knitter's Handbook by Debbie Stoller
• Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years by Elizabeth Wayland Barber

Knitting-Related Things We Mention

• Project Knitwell — the nonprofit that Alison works with, which helps people facing challenges by providing knitting instruction and shared community opportunities that promote wellness and resilience
• Knitty is the internet's longest-running free knitting magazine (since 2002!)
• Make Good podcast — RIP!!!
• Why I Knit podcast
• lou.dangit on Instagram
• Anjali buys her Japanese stationery and pens from Jet Pens. The organizer she uses for her knitting notes is the KOKUYO Novite Alpha Expandable Clear Book - A4 with Midori MD A4 Grid Paper Pad and a blue or black Uni Jetstream Ballpoint Pen - 0.5 mm. A delightful writing experience!
• The Sophie Shawl by PetiteKnit, if you need a link to the pattern
• Baby Aosta Cardigan by The Knit Purl Girl

Other Things We Mention

• Nature Theater of Oklahoma — Alison's previous theater company!
• JET Programme — the national Japanese program that Anjali worked for, teaching English at a high school in central Japan
• Las Culturistas podcast