Knitters – I mean, true, obssessional ones, have a passion for fibre and a rich culture all their own. In this video, my favourite tip is near the end – if knitting with light coloured yarn, drink white wine, rather than red….

But the queen of standup comedy for knitters is Stephanie Pearl McPhee – blog name “Yarn Harlot”.  Writer of book with titles like:

“The Amazing thing about the way it goes: stories of tidiness, self-esteem and other things I gave up on”, “Free range knitter” and “At Knit’s end – Meditations for women who knit too much”.

Here she is in action.