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Two Women Yelling About Knitting

Two Women Yelling About Knitting

De : Anjali and Alison
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 Not the same old knitting podcast. 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 – its political, social, and historical context. But don't worry. It'll be fun! We're friends who share a love of knitting as well as an interest in a lot of sticky topics that relate to knitting – traditional gender roles, consumerism, body liberation, and more. If you want to join us on this journey, hit the "Subscribe" button to follow along.Anjali and Alison
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  • Is your favorite knitwear designer your friend?

    Is your favorite knitwear designer your friend?
    Nov 6 2026
    Join Anjali and Alison for a conversation about parasocial relationships, a.k.a. the one-sided connections we build with people we've only ever seen through a screen. We get into where the idea came from, how it plays out in the knitting world, from test knit calls that fill up in minutes to the Red Sea parting at Rhinebeck, and the less cozy side, too: hate-watching, Craftsnark, and that one person whose cracker-eating somehow annoys you. Then knitwear designer Tina Tse joins us to talk about what it's actually like to be on the other side of all that, including getting recognized in yarn stores, getting harassed for speaking up, and the people in the community who show up to keep each other safe. Plus, a holiday gift edition of Cast On or Drop That Stitch.Find Tina's patterns at tinatseknits.comFollow her on Instagram: @tina.say.makesFollow us on Instagram: @twyakpodEmail us: twyakpod@gmail.comWe are now on Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music (audio only) and are experimenting with adding video to our podcast on Spotify. Find us and subscribe on your preferred platform!Our Parasocial Relationship “Friends”@lou.dangit on InstagramAli Makes Everything on YouTubeFurther Reading/Watching on ParasocialityThriveworks article on the prevalence of parasocial relationshipsOur episode on test knittingPetiteKnit profile in the New York Times - gift linkLaura Penrose is a knitting designer who is open about her mental healthBeyond Friendship: A Call for Research on Negative Parasocial ExperiencesOur episode on knitting gossipKnitting Patterns We MentionTina's Home Sweet Home cardigan pattern/formulaHeadband with earflaps by FridastenSo Mush Room by Ainur BerkimbayevaStar Wars Double Knit Scarf by Jessica GoddardThe Scullery Cat by Sara Elizabeth KellnerProject Hail Mary cardigan pattern, charts and resourcesYarns We MentionJohn Arbon Exmoor Sock YarnRauma FinullgarnJamieson & Smith Two-Ply Jumper WeightNot Knitty Things We MentionRhino Split+ Skin Balm will heal your winter-ravaged knitting handsDIVA exhibit at Denver Art Museum is a good time!In case you missed it…we were on In Case You Missed It's episode about the famous pink hat of the first Women's March
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    1 h et 6 min
  • Let's talk about knitting and climate change

    Let's talk about knitting and climate change
    Oct 18 2026

    The climate is changing and it's impacting our knitting, but no one is really talking about it. Today Anjali and Alison talk about it, joined by TWYAK's first-ever guest: Lisa Johnson, a climate journalist with CBC News and an avid knitter. The conversation covers the climate impacts of knitting -- from sheep farms to finished sweaters -- as well as the "climate resilience" knitting can bring to knitters and their communities.

    Find Lisa's work at lisasjohnson.ca

    Follow us on Instagram: @twyakpod
    Email us: twyakpod@gmail.com

    We are now on Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music (audio only) and are experimenting with adding video to our podcast on Spotify. Find us and subscribe on your preferred platform!

    Background Reading from Climate Lisa

    • Greenhouse gas emissions from a diversity of sheep production systems in the United States — Article with the surprising finding about more intensive vs more range-based sheep farming methods, but please watch the episode for more context from Lisa
    • Environmental impacts associated with the production, use, and end-of-life of a woollen garment — Follows a theoretical 300-gram sweater from sheep to the end of a sweater's life, in an attempt to measure its environmental impacts
    • Evaluating Environmental Impact of Natural and Synthetic Fibers: A Life Cycle Assessment Approach — Looks at the environmental impact of six fibers: conventional and organic cotton, silk, jute, flax, and polyester
    • Learn more about regenerative wool at Fibershed

    Knitting Things

    • Mungo, a recycled cotton-wool yarn from Retrosaria Rosa Pomar, entirely made with pre-consumer waste from Portuguese spinning mills
    • Look at My Holes pattern by James Watts
    • Project Hail Mary cardigan pattern, charts and resources

    Alison's Book Recommendations

    • The Gilded Page: The Secret Lives of Medieval Manuscripts
    • The Book-Makers: A History of the Book in Eighteen Lives
    • Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

    Anjali's Podcast Recommendations

    • Bandsplain's Radiohead episode, Part 1 and Part 2
    • Dissect Season 11 about Radiohead's In Rainbows
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    1 h et 9 min
  • Is there a wrong way to knit?

    Is there a wrong way to knit?
    Sep 25 2026
    Is slower knitting more mindful? Are process knitters superior to project knitters? In this episode, Anjali and Alison talk about the recent social media conversation around fast knitting and fast fashion, why continental knitting isn’t always the fastest, and why Elizabeth Zimmerman was right (of course). Plus, we revisit our thoughts on AI and knitting and invent a foolproof method for evaluating yarn stores called the Rosa Pomar Test!Follow us on Instagram: @twyakpodEmail us: twyakpod@gmail.comWe are now on Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music (audio only) and are experimenting with adding video to our podcast on Spotify. Find us and subscribe on your preferred platform!Further Reading & WatchingSlow Knitting: A Journey from Sheep to Skein to Stitch by Hannah Thiessen seems to be out of print, but you can find it used at places like Powell's BooksThe Slow Fashion Renaissance: An In-Depth Exploration of Crochet and Knitting as Sustainable Technologies for Contemporary Fashion by Jie PengKnitting Rebellion, Elizabeth Zimmerman, Identity and Craftsmanship in Post-War America by Maureen Lilly MarshLou Dangit on timing their knittingVickyIsKnitting on why knitting speed is not always a choiceAI DiscussionEmpire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI by Karen HaoSam Altman May Control Our Future -- Can He Be Trusted? - The New YorkerLucy Liang on the Hobbii AI debacleThe Joji Locatelli AI backstory on Craftsnark and Joji's response and apologyDeborah Knits on how AI is breaking the knitting pattern economyOther Knitty ThingsHigh Tide Fibers, a store in Rehoboth Beach, RI that passes the Rosa Pomar testRetrosaria Rosa Pomar Mondim in colorway M82Andrea Rangel short row heelPatty Lyons's improved slip slip knitBurgos Vest pattern by Rosa PomarYarn lineup at The Wooly Thistle - help me choose!Other Happy ThingsTrailer for This is a Gardening ShowCarlsFriendsDotNet is sadly not accepting new orders right now due to overwhelming social media demand! But they say they may be back in November
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    51 min
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