編織是環保的活動？
Fabric craft is an environmental-friendly activity?

手作不單單是打發時間的興趣， 背後可能令你關注到更深的議題。

在《Making is connected》一書中提到，自家製的東西再次興起的部分原因是因為更多人關注環境的議題。 反對消費主義的氾濫，並擁抱環境和倫理問題。而《The Culture of Knitting》則形容編織為一種替代和一種解決問題的方案，同時作為對議題和形勢的批評，以及挑戰主流意識形態。



接著下來，我們看看本地的編織手作人有甚麼看法。在三名受訪者中，有兩名受訪者都認為編織是環保的活動。其中一位受訪者認為手製的毛衣會耐用一些，人們會更加珍惜它，所以不會輕易掉棄它。另一位受訪者則透過編織令自己更加珍惜身邊的衣物，並認為編織就像個提示讓她減少購買新衣。另一位持反對意見的受訪者則認為編織雖然讓自己購買少了毛衣，但相對地購買多了編織相關的物件，如：書、工具和冷線等。



除了本地的編織手作人外，亦有幸訪問到一位遠在德國營運冷線店的手作人，她說其中一個原因去編織是因為希望能對抗快速時尚。她亦表示很喜歡織衣物送給朋友呢。

有的人會因為關注環保而開始編織，有的人則會因為編織而開始關注環保。所以比起說編織是環保的活動，倒不如說編織是個契機能令你關注環保的議題。

不知道大家又是因為甚麼原因令你找到來這裡呢～

Knitting as an alternative to be sustainable. In the book Making is connecting by David Gauntlett (2011), it told that home made things have risen again partly because more people aware to the environment. It against the proliferation of consumerism. Embracing environmental and ethical issues, knitting provides an alternative, a mean of problem-solving, while offering a critique of concerns and situations, as well as to challenge the dominant ideology (Turney, 2009).

Then, let’s see what the local craftsman view on this. 2 of the interviewees think fabric craft is environmentally friendly because the hand-made sweater is long-lasting, and also people will cherish it and won’t throw it away easily. One of the interviewees said that Clothing for her was disposable before but then becoming to cherish all the clothing after learning knit and crochet. They are like a hint for her to buy less clothing through knitting. The opposite view of another interviewee is that the number of purchasing a sweater is definitely decreased, but it leads to an increase in buying more fabric craft-related books, tools, and yarns.

Besides the local craftsman, one of the owner of KNITKNIT berlin also said that one of the reason to knit is against fast fashion. She loves to send her knittings to her friends.

Someone starts to do fabric craft because they are concerned about environmental issue; while someone starts to pay attention to environmental issue because of fabric craft. Therefore, rather than saying that fabric craft is an environmental-friendly activity, it is better to say that fabric craft provides an opportunity to make you pay attention to environmental issues.

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