April 27, 2021
Jura Koncius
THE WASHINGTON POST – When United States (US) Vice President Harris visited a suburban woman-owned yarn shop last month, she mentioned a little-known fact about herself that left the fibre arts community a bit giddy. The new vice president is a crocheter.
“I was raised by a mother who said ‘I am not going to let you sit in front of that television doing nothing.’ And so I have crocheted more
afghans than I can tell you,” Harris said while visiting the store, Fibre Space in Alexandria, Vancouver. “And our daughter is a knitter.”
At the shop, Harris learned about a special hand-dyed yarn named in her honour (Observatory Circle, site of the vice-presidential residence) from a woman-owned, Baltimore-based business Neighborhood Fiber Co. Five days later, on International Women’s Day, a crocheted mural of Harris’ likeness and the words “I’m Speaking” was installed at Washington’s Wharf neighbourhood. And with all the Googling of �