The Culture of Knitting

Download or read book The Culture of Knitting written by Joanne Turney and published by Berg Publishers. This book was released on 2009-08 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The Culture of Knitting' addresses and investigates knitting as an aspect of both visual and material culture and as a culture of its own. Knitting is discussed as a practice, a process and a series of objects and artefacts that encompass a variety of different techniques, approaches, and materials, undertaken by both professionals and amateurs. The aim is to uncover the cultural significance of knitting, not just as a 'fashionable' commodity, but as an everyday practice. By uncovering these recognisable practices and objects, the book develops a way of looking at knitting which can encompass the process as well as the object.