Episode 835
Knitting: a short history
We often take knitted garments for granted, but how did knitting evolve through history?
Naked Scientists, In Short Special Editions Podcast · The Naked Scientists
January 22, 20215m 35s
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Show Notes
Although knitting and other handicrafts are having a bit of a moment during the pandemic as we all try to keep ourselves busy at home, the art and practice of knitting goes back a long way through history. Eva Higginbotham spoke with Loretta Napoleoni, a journalist and author who last year wrote a book about the power, and history, of knitting... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Topics
loretta napoleonipower of knittinghistory of knittingamerican revolution and knittingspinning bees