What is "adventure knitting?"
A Q&A with the woman who invented this "extreme sport."
Judy is 77 years old. She’s 100 pounds sopping wet. She knits like it’s her job—she’s actually a travel agent, of sorts—and in her spare time, she’s riding camels and getting chased by hippos.
She taught me the term “adventure knitting,” which I find delightful. I imagine her and her knitting crew out there herding elephants with their knitting needles, and the truth, it turns out, isn’t too far from that.
Here’s our conversation. Use it as proof that there are no two things you can’t be—at the exact same time.
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