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We’ve got knitting! We’ve got eponyms! We’ve got knitting eponyms!! Which come with a whole load of battles, f-boys, duels, baseball, espionage, scandals, and socks, lots of socks

We’ve got knitting! We’ve got eponyms!! We’ve got knitting eponyms!!! Which come with a whole load of battles, f-boys, duels, baseball, espionage, scandals - and socks, lots of socks.

Fibre artist and Yarn Stories podcaster Miriam Felton discusses why grafting should ditch the name 'kitchener stitch'; we learn about the eponymous cardigan; and three towns in Ontario take pretty different approaches to having problematic namesakes.

Content note: this episode contains mentions of war, death and injuries.

Get the transcript of this episode, and find out more about the topics therein, at theallusionist.org/ravels.

This episode was produced by me, Helen Zaltzman. Martin Austwick of Neutrino Watch and Song By Song podcasts provides the Allusionist music.

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29 minutes