In “Knitting as Dissent” the reading talks about how knitting was seen as a woman’s job and seemed like a demeaning task, but back then did they not stop and realize how hard it was and how much these women were accomplishing? At some point they did around the time of the spinning parties where the women were cheered on and praised for their hard work. These women, creating uniforms without being asked, are an example of silent political acts. These women even became spies, but no one paid them any attention as they passed over enemy lines with their yarn because they did not take the women seriously, which is unbelievable to me. The history of knitting falling in and out of being a feminist symbol, I believe, has been answered after all these years; it’s a feminist symbol, especially during the time of the women’s march with the pink hats that became a symbol a couple years ago.
Knitting as Dissent
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