From Hobby to a Business: Fiber Arts and Their Multiple Purposes

Author

Bethany Baskerville, Ursinus College

Submission Date

8-4-2023

Document Type

Paper- Restricted to Campus Access

Department

Media & Communication Studies

Faculty Mentor

Lynne Edwards

Project Description

My research for this summer is a follow-up to my film from last year about Ursinus College faculty who knit as a hobby. My Summer Fellows film expands on this work by specifically looking at individuals who have created a business out of this hobby and shows its multiple purposes. By looking at and interviewing two local businesses, Luv2Knit and Therapeutic Crafters on Call, different voices from the knitting community explain in this film what it takes to run this type of business, how a community is built, established, and how it is maintained.

Comments

Presented during the 25th Annual Summer Fellows Symposium, July 21, 2023 at Ursinus College.

Recommended Citation

Baskerville, Bethany, "From Hobby to a Business: Fiber Arts and Their Multiple Purposes" (2023). Media and Communication Studies Summer Fellows. 31.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/media_com_sum/31