in the final scramble to finish my dissertation (which i’ve decided will be finished before i go to sleep tonight, leaving tomorrow to edit), i discovered the following my stack of papers. i’ve omitted the questions i actually ended up asking, which is why there are numbers missing.
POTENTIAL QUESTIONNAIRE QUESTIONS:
(from the ludicrious to the dissertation-worthy!)
1. Average age of knitters? Has it increased? Decreased?
2. Networks of “people teaching people?”
3. Boys who knit? Are there more than 4?
4. Online communities: useful or useless? (drawback: no knitting while typing!)
5. The whole knitting celebrity thing. Although I like Julia Roberts, I really don’t
care that she knits. (although it does make her cooler.)
6. Closure of wool mills in England? (despite overwhelmingly LARGE number of
sheep.) Why? What’s happening in America?
7. True or false: CROCHET SUCKS.
8. How do you afford it? When do you knit?
9. In public or private?
10. Are you obsessed?
11. Are you a feminist? (whether or not you’re female-identified)
12. Do you (secretly) think knitting makes you COOL? Ice cold..baby!
13. How do you justify your knitting to others?
BONUS QUESTION: (for which you will get no prize other than a “you rock!” confirmation from me) Do you know any knitting theory? Theory on knitting?
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those questions were originally scrawled in a notebook on the subway. some of them might have been more helpful than the ones i asked in the end, but they say hindsight is 20/20. some of them were obviously better cut.
24 hours and counting. whee!
I would love to answer your actuall questions but im gonna answer these for fun!
1. Average age of knitters? Has it increased? Decreased?
Online i see lots of young knitters, in my knitting class and in the knitting stores I am the only person under 30. And when i shop, same thing..
2. Networks of “people teaching people?”
I met at a craft group and learned things, and I teach friends!
3. Boys who knit? Are there more than 4?
haha.. funny.. they only exsist online lol
4. Online communities: useful or useless? (drawback: no knitting while typing!)
sooooo useful.. and I think they really drum up business for sales because we see people make things, read things.. and we want them. I learn alot, im inspired..
5. The whole knitting celebrity thing. Although I like Julia Roberts, I really don’t
care that she knits. (although it does make her cooler.)
I like reading about it, but thats about it. I would not ever buy the celebrity books. I like seeing people knit things from movies, its cool.
7. True or false: CROCHET SUCKS.
Thats a rude thing to say I never understood that whole snobbery.. they are both skills.. leave each other alone. I have no snubbery against crochet. I don’t crochet personally.
8. How do you afford it? When do you knit?
Omg I have no idea.. its so expensive and I am a yarn snob.. I dont use credit cards to buy it but i do think i waste money on it. I knit at night before bed in bed!
9. In public or private?
Mainly public
10. Are you obsessed?
yeah.. hehe
11. Are you a feminist? (whether or not you’re female-identified)
hrmm.. I have no idea.. I think a women has rights, and they are very important that we be treated equal, but I also think women are good at being moms and being care takers and I think there is nothing wrong with doing women things and cooking and knitting and staying home with kids. To each his own, but women ARE different then men, and theres nothing wrong with that.
12. Do you (secretly) think knitting makes you COOL? Ice cold..baby!
heh.. no.. but I enjoy it! I think the stuff I make is cooool!
13. How do you justify your knitting to others?
I never have tried.. why should I? lots of people have hoobies..
BONUS QUESTION: (for which you will get no prize other than a “you rock!” confirmation from me) Do you know any knitting theory? Theory on knitting?
Nope, I know nothin about iut!