The first thing that caught my attention while reading this article was how academics and historians said that knitters are a big part of shining the light on gender and class issues in America. I also learned that knitting and different sewing patterns were a big part of women's education in the 1700s. Sewing yarn also held a big significance in the American revolution. Women began sewing their own yarn in order to boycott the British and the tariffs they put on their fabric. They also held significance in creating uniforms for soldiers during the revolutionary war. It also says that men were worried about women expressing themselves through knitting and sewing because they claimed it would upend gender roles, which is crazy to think about in today's world, but back then that is how the world was. I also found it interesting that knitting was considered charity work for upper-class women, but that stigma quickly changed when it showed that it also gave women a voice in the old world.
Craftism
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