I had thought that the decline in homecrafts was a result of the feminist movement in the 70s (which I now know is called second wave feminism) alongside greater affluence and fewer leisure hours due to working outside of the home. Home crafts were now emerging in their own right as a pleasurable artform. Not as simple as that.
Betsy Greer is a feminist who has 'reclaimed knitting'. She acknowledges its meditative qualities and creative qualities, but she goes further - in 2003 she described the resurgence of craft practices, knitting in particular, as 'third wave feminism' naming it 'craftivism'.
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