Craftsnark & stitch and b*tch clubs | How knitting gossip has changed | Season 2 Episode 6

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! Follow us on Instagram: @twyakpod Email us: [email protected] #TWYAK // Show Notes Further Reading & Listening on Gossip Normal Gossip podcast knitting episode on Apple (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...) and Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/episode/2Y1e...) An Integrative Definition and Framework to Study Gossip - Group & Organization Management (https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full...) “Gossip About Knitting” - New York Times (https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/time...) Gossip: An Investigation into the Feminine Art of Conversation - RISD (https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/bookc...) Ritualizing Language: Ancient Greek Women’s Gossip and Magic as Intertwining, Subversive Paths to Justice (https://digitallibrary.vassar.edu/sit...) Gossip in Evolutionary Perspective by R.I.M. Dunbar (https://aptly.de/wp-content/uploads/2...) Gossip-Related Artwork Netherlandish Proverbs (1559) by Peter Bruegel the Elder (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherl...) The Friendly Gossips (1901) by Eugene de Blaas (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gossip#...) Two Women Leaning Back in Sofa, Knitting by Mark Rothko (https://www.nga.gov/artworks/68768-tw...) Knitting Gossip Examples #Fybrefest: Unraveling What Went Wrong With this Yarn Festival - Aspen in the Moment (   • #Fybrefest: Unraveling What Went Wrong Wit...  ) ‘Fybrefest’: How the Catskill Wool & Folk Festival unraveled - Times-Union (https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvall...) Original post about Stephen West on Craftsnark (  / blocked_stephen_west  ) West’s first apology (https://www.instagram.com/p/DW90pNKCG...) West’s second apology (https://www.instagram.com/p/DXHR9G4CG...) Something is off about the Stephen West backlash - Craftsnark (  / something_is_off_about_the_stephen_west_ba...  ) Two Stitches Enter, One Stitch Leaves Storm Sweater (https://www.petiteknit.com/en/product...) vs Staffin Pattern (https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...) The Sheep Sweater by Rosa Pomar (https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...) vs Ovis Sweater by Caitlin Hunter (https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...) Diana Black Sheep Sweater (https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...) Butterscotch Sweater (https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...) vs Newspaper Pullover (https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...) Other Knitty Things Alison is making the Autumn Alpine sweater (https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...) with yarn from Queen City Yarn (https://queencityyarn.com/?srsltid=Af...) Anjali is bartering with the Burgos Vest (https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr..., knit in Harrisville Designs WATERshed in Elm (https://harrisville.com/collections/h...)