While most pandemic pastimes have fallen out of vogue, knit and crochet — whose tactile and slow-moving qualities comforted many during quarantine — seem to have stuck. Now, a new generation of fabric artists is navigating how to sustain their craft in an eagerly progressing world.
Newlyweds lined their living rooms with monsteras. Teenagers posted TikToks of their daily Dalgona coffees. Nearly everyone raised a sourdough starter.
Such pandemic pastimes enabled those stuck at home to channel their restlessness into something creative. And while most have fallen out of vogue, knit and crochet — whose tactile and slow-moving qualities comforted many during quarantine — seem to have stuck. Now, a new generation of fabric artists is navigating how to sustain their craft in an eagerly progressing world.
But it isn’t the first time.
The earliest Arts and Crafts Movement…
