Anne Langran — Knitting

Oral Histories — Crafty Sew & Sows

Anne Langran is a lifelong knitter having learned the skill from her grandmother. Anne lives in Lode and charts her experience of knitting in the context of social and cultural change illuminating how its use and perception has changed over the years. For instance, Anne talks about families of knitters in which men would knit their own fishing jumpers or how jumpers mights be picked apart for the wool to be reused in the creation of something new. Anne Langran was interviewed by This oral history was recorded as part of the Crafty Sew and Sows Project in Cambridgeshire. Led by the charity Red2Green, funded by the HERITAGE LOTTERY FUND and delivered in partnership with Swaffham Primary School and Bottisham Village College. Michael Snodgrass from Red2Green managed the Crafty Sew & Sows project. Kulwant Dhaliwal of Hi8us Midlands collaborated with project participants to produce this oral history with support from Michael Snodgrass and staff at Bottisham Village College.