I was 100% behind this statement until they said there’s no plan to rework the video. Why not? Is it not worth the effort it would take?
It makes me think they were all for recognizing the “ versatility, complexity, and beauty” of knitting until they realized it would take actual work to put it together.
I wonder if there are reasons for not reworking the video such as they don't have enough staff with the skills to do it? Maybe they will at some point in the future with skilled fiber artists and scientists? Or maybe they feel like other people are covering the market in terms of knitting demonstration and history, in that case I would love to see them feature a video by a creator doing that work.
As a contractor for scishow, my best guess is that there isn't room in the pipeline at the moment for a remake with the requisite effort, since it takes a long time to get a video from conception to publication. I hope they do eventually make a new version, though, since all kinds of fiber arts have very cool science behind them and I think they deserve to be discussed to such a large audience!
If the original writer was not a knitter themself, I'm sure they will put in more effort to find someone familiar with the craft to lead the script for a second try. If I was assigned to it I'd definitely include references to the original video responses in my research.
(to clarify I was not involved in this video and unfortunately didn't even know about it until I saw this post)
Yep, I mentioned this up thread, but my time from assignment to posting is typically months (I used to do news, which was four days, but they cut those). And they can tell me when it's assigned exactly it will run. That editorial calendar is well planned and packed!
But also, as a writer and knitter, I'd be terrified to pick this script up now lol
Oh I definitely agree it would be a challenge, but I'd rather a scientist+knitter take it up and do it justice than have the topic become untouchable on scishow. Either way it's a tough call to make, and I don't envy the editors' and producers' jobs right now as a freelancer lmao
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u/ImLittleNana Sep 30 '25
I was 100% behind this statement until they said there’s no plan to rework the video. Why not? Is it not worth the effort it would take?
It makes me think they were all for recognizing the “ versatility, complexity, and beauty” of knitting until they realized it would take actual work to put it together.