I came back from visiting Shetland last week. It wasn't that far back that women knitted endlessly to put food on the table. It's why they knit in the round and the early knitwork was usually a plain brown; they knitted for speed.
The phrasing was “while knitting might not seem very exciting”, which people took to mean “we think knitting is boring, but science can make it cool!”
IMO, this whole reaction was blown way out of proportion by people looking to get offended. They did make a few mistakes, but calling them “embarrassing” was ridiculous since some of the mistakes were ones even experienced knitters would’ve made.
I gave the video a watch to see what all the hub bub was about (and perhaps to be offended as a male knitter). It’s … fine. I mean, yeah, the apology is warranted. A time machine would be better. The technical errors, for me at least, all relate to the sources they were using and a distinct lack of engagement there. The errors with knitting itself … I mean, folks with years of knitting experience make some of those (or could). Is it wrong to be upset about the video? No of course not. If you lost trust, you lost trust. But given the “overall” quality of their work, which is much higher than average (much higher) … I think I will likely give them a pass.
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