Mary Ellen Joe: Cowichan Knitter

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Phil Ives

7 жыл бұрын

Interview that took place in 2011 at QCC in Duncan BC

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@Fathoms_of_Pearls 6 жыл бұрын

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

@MsAmethystra 6 жыл бұрын

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

@marciepeter1539 6 жыл бұрын

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. 😭

@grammieluli 6 жыл бұрын

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

@carotrike 6 жыл бұрын

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!

@mansurrad3725 6 жыл бұрын

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.

@Chantwizzle 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@irenefoss2245 6 жыл бұрын

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.

@ginafarokhmanesh3821 6 жыл бұрын

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.

@StormsEnd1604 6 жыл бұрын

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!

@deboraheagles7120 5 жыл бұрын

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

@MaikoZafiro 6 жыл бұрын

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.

@pjd2709 6 жыл бұрын

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!

@lauranelson5968 6 жыл бұрын

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.

@chriswyf2011 6 жыл бұрын

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

@francisgerry3883 6 жыл бұрын

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

@carotrike 6 жыл бұрын

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?

@molliewhite-evans473 6 жыл бұрын

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.

@KarenMartinez-hx1tv 6 жыл бұрын

I could listen to her stories all day.

@dee233dee 6 жыл бұрын

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

@gcpellerin 6 жыл бұрын

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

@amanda.strutt 5 жыл бұрын

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

@JohnlynHD 6 жыл бұрын

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

@firesideknitter3905 6 жыл бұрын

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!!!

@carleneburdon7688 6 жыл бұрын

Brilliant story, amazing.

@Coastalanne54 5 жыл бұрын

Beautiful knitting! Love to here her stories of the coast

@marianrooth9514 6 жыл бұрын

Thank You. What a wonderful interview.

@gramor 6 жыл бұрын

Thank-you very much for sharing this!

@BrigitaMencigarJb29m 6 жыл бұрын

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

@monicahaigh4490 6 жыл бұрын

What an amazing interview and an amazing lady.

@anitatandon1292 6 жыл бұрын

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

@teceyS3 6 жыл бұрын

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

@anned1980 6 жыл бұрын

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

@molliewhite-evans473 6 жыл бұрын

I love her laugh, she made me laugh too.

@michaelwallace5291 5 жыл бұрын

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

@sandygrogg1203 5 жыл бұрын

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

@maryoconnor1396 6 жыл бұрын

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

@suzannedickinson2847 6 жыл бұрын

Bittersweet 🧡

@tammypell8009 6 жыл бұрын

awesome!

@dickenleonivrolijk682 5 жыл бұрын

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

@arlenemcilravey9037 6 жыл бұрын

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

@ladywolfe67 6 жыл бұрын

Beautiful lady! Great looking sweater.

@helgaeriksen3306 5 жыл бұрын

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

@filipinoamericanhomeschool5446 6 жыл бұрын

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!!