I would love to sit and talk to this lady for hours and learn from her even though I'm not one of her tribal members I think this is a wonderful art and tradition and needs to keep going

No traditional craft should ever fade away! I sincerely hope that the Cowichan knitting tradition can be kept alive.

I miss my grandmother's voice, Her laugh and her hugs. I was in tears first time I seen this. She's been gone for how many years now. 😭

Didn't want this interview with Mary Ellen to end. At times I watched with tears in my eyes. Just beautiful...thank you.

Icelandic, Norwegian and Swedish sweaters are done seamlessly and worked in the round. I am also a knitter now, living back in South West England. Earlier this week I taught a 10 year old girl to knit. You are SO right, it's so important that we pass on our traditional skills!

I was scrolling up and down of the "you tube" page when I stopped on her sweet face and pressed to listen. In an instant, i wanted call her my grandmother..... Thanks for jewel of a documentary. Job well done.

The technique for catching the floats is amazing. We are moving to the area soon and I can't wait to go to the museum.

I enjoyed watching and listening to Mary Ellen Joe: Cowichan Knitter. The knitting was beautiful and I loved the Thunderbird and the whale on the sweater she was making.

This wonderful woman is a treasure. I am so glad I watched this video. Thank you for this. I hope her art is not lost. That would be so sad.

What an inspiring woman! I would love to knit with her. I have taken two classes in this style and it still amazes me how the knitters created these works of art without following a pattern!!! So talented!

it saddens me to think we may completely loose this wonderful craft. Such a beautiful piece of work.

I always wondered how large projects were knit before the advent of the great circular needle - of course, I refer only to projects which were not knit in pieces and sewn together at the end, like blankets. But this makes sense; how did I not think of it?! DPNs but used across the length of the work! I agree with everyone else that this was a great interview, and I so loved her laugh. She made me smile. :)

@jenthulhu

5 жыл бұрын

DPNs used to be made very long, as long as needed for a project to be divided in 3 or 4 sections. I'm sure they were probably hand carved back then. I haven't seen any for sale like this in my lifetime, but I've read of medieval knitters using them to knit hose and other garments.

A lovely interview, Mary Ellen Joe is a really lovely lady, and I hope some of her family do carry on her knitting, it is beautiful/1 Loved the flute background music!

Lovely, lovely method of knitting. How I would love to sit and knit with this lady. I could knit it but its also listening to her stories and that special yarn. Soft but yet very hard wearing and durable. It is very difficult to find this yarn.

I love her! She is so interesting, talented and charming, I could listen to her all day! Please do a follow up with her!

Such a talented lady, love her stories. She and I are the same age even our sons are the same age, I only wish I could knit like that., Olympia Wa. Rurh

This took me back to when I was a girl! I spent a year in Cowichan Bay back in the late 1960's. Mum used to take me to craft shows and the thing I remember was seeing fleece being carded and spun. I remember too seeing all the patterns, the same as you are producing. Could you have been one of the ladies who was processing the wool?

I use to knit when I was 18, my Mother in law taught me. But than I didn't like it anymore so I was taught Crochet & now I am enjoying that much better. Working w yarn is so fun for me.

I could listen to her stories all day.

Random documentary I found, but it was charming. Well filmed and what a lovely lady

such a wonderful interview and such a wonderful woman :) The sweaters look so soft and warm.

this is so so amazing, I absolutely love this. story telling through wool ... thank you!!

Beautiful lady. So many stories to tell. A wonderful resource for history in schools. X

Beautiful lady and wonderful video! Very interesting and wow, it would be great to buy one of her sweaters! Is she still knitting and selling? Thank you, Phil Ives, for posting this!!!

Brilliant story, amazing.

Beautiful knitting! Love to here her stories of the coast

Thank You. What a wonderful interview.

Thank-you very much for sharing this!

Thank You! Just wonderful to listening and watching. Amazing art!

What an amazing interview and an amazing lady.

Madam kindly upload more videos so that we can have a chance to learn it's privilege

Beautiful! I just love her- i have native ancestry from the Iroquois Nation

Awesome! Thank you so much for sharing! God Bless you.

I love her laugh, she made me laugh too.

So so beautiful.Thank you for sharing .Fellow knitter in Australia.Moira

I just kind if stumbled onto this amazing video... Wow...

Great video very interesting lady I hope knitting does not die out its so relaxing to do great therapy to relax

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awesome!

Ik vind het geweldig , wil dat ook wel leren ,groeten uit Nederland .

the work in your sweaters are so beautiful How could I order one and have it mailed to me or have my daughter pick itup

Beautiful lady! Great looking sweater.

How do I get one of these beautiful Sweaters,really love the 4 leave Clover

I would like to learn the way to knit this way even though I'm not of this tribe. I Want to help keep their art alive. (No offense meant by my comment. I would like to learn sincerely)

@ladywolfe67

6 жыл бұрын

Filipino American Homeschooler The Cowichan refer themselves as a nation. Most Indiginous People in Canada say Nation not tribe.

@PistachioChicken

6 жыл бұрын

Okay people (not just PHS) - let's think this through. We've knit Ganseys, we've knit Fair Isles, we've knit Arans, and so many other cultural styles for decades with no 'offense' taken for goodness sake. Let's just lose this 'offense' stuff that promotes separation - and share in each others' rich cultures. I've knit Cowichan Sweaters, which we had the privilege of seeing when visiting the Pacific Northwest. Patterns are available. Stop tip-toeing around, dive in and enjoy!! Mary Ellen Joe's stories were thoroughly enjoyable - as are knitting stories from people of other cultures. Don't you see that knitting these traditional styles serves to honor and keep the culture alive?? Is it better to let it die? I'm knitting Loch Ness Monster Socks right now. Should there be a fear offending the Scots? Maybe the Scots want to keep their Loch Ness Monster Legend greedily to themselves? Taking a wild guess - the answers are no and not likely... Didn't Mary Ellen Joe herself say the Cowichan patterns came from England, Ireland and Scotland originally? C'mon everybody - stop this nonsense already!!! P.S. to the ladywolfe - People can get the meaning whether FH Homeschooler or anyone else might use the word 'nation' vs. the word 'tribe'...it's pretty clear. Let us finally seek mercy and grace over (k)nitpicking. Ha! that pun just seemed to happen on its own!!

Where can I get a sweater from? How do we order one?

@wisfanatic

5 жыл бұрын

Judy Hill Galleries in Duncan, BC.

What a sweet ladies. She does her knitting so easy.

Yes I would love to sit and talk to her to about knitting and spinning wool .She is such a lovely lady.

Wow eh