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Episode 6 – Untangling history on a knitting road trip with guest Sylvia Olsen

Sylvia Olsen

(June 22, 2021) Unravelling Canada: A Knitting Odyssey by Sylvia Olsen begins to untangle the messy business of Canadian history through a journey of knitting that takes her to 40 communities across the country. From the history of quintessential Cowichan sweaters made by Coast Salish knitters and Newfoundland Outport Nursing and Industrial Association (NONIA) to modern-day yarn mills in New Brunswick and Alberta, Unravelling Canada, Olsen’s 20th book, is a discovery of an everchanging landscape, covering themes ranging from personal identity and cultural appropriation to “boyfriend” sweaters.  Olsen married into the Tsartlip First Nation near Victoria, BC, and developed relationships with Coast Salish knitters through her family’s sweater shop.  

Canadian poet Lorna Crozier said of Unravelling Canada that “This book knits us together, not only with strands of wool but with compassion, intelligence, caring and storytelling of the most appealing kind.”  In 1972, Sylvia Olsen married a Coast Salish man and moved onto a First Nation shortly after that, where she lived for 30 years, giving her a unique perspective on the country we call Canada.

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