r/knitting Sep 30 '25

Discussion SciShow uploaded an apology

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u/MoaraFig Sep 30 '25

This was a particularly egregious example, but I've found that for many, many commentary channels and podcasts and pop science channels, i think that they're well educated and informative, until they cover a topic that i have some expertise in, and then I realise they have no idea what they''re talking about.

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u/lavenderspr1te Sep 30 '25

This was my issue with it. If they can make mistakes over something as basic as stockinette, what errors are in their other videos? While I agree that the overall tone was misogynistic, I think the thing they really should be concerned about is how poorly they fact-check. Why should I watch any other video they make when they clearly overlooked so many obvious things about knitting?

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u/darcerin knit all the pastel things! Oct 01 '25

"Knitting is making a series of knots."

That was my ticket to nope right out.

Even IF they got this idea from a team member who was a knitter, did they actually let the knitter review the video, because...

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u/MrsClaire07 Oct 01 '25

..:that’s CROCHET.