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Definitive proof that knitting was no longer the domain of blanket-on-the-knees nana’s churning out bootees for their grandchildren came in July last year when British singer Harry Styles wore a rainbow-hued patchwork cardigan from JW Anderson’s spring 2020 men’s collection and it went viral on TikTok.

The cardigan, a piece that the brand’s founder, Jonathan Anderson, told Vogue Business he loved because it felt “rather authentic and almost home-made, like your grandmother could have made it … At the same time, it feels a little deconstructed and punk”, tapped into the cool-kid #craftcore challenge trend on the social media platform.

The hashtag #HarryStylesCardigan has since accumulated more than 55 million views on TikTok as crafters around the world had a crack at DIY-ing the cardigan themselves.

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Anderson later released the pattern for the cardigan online free of charge.

But resourceful Gen Z-ers (those born in 1995 or after) on social media aren’t the only ones picking up the knitting needles and crochet hooks.

Throughout these homebound times amid the sourdough starters, the Zoom quizzes and the banana bread there has been a trend toward traditional crafts and hobbies.

When I left home for college, my Bubbie — the Yiddish term for grandmother — gifted me with a thin red bracelet to protect me from the harm of the evil eye. The tradition is rooted in the spiritual Jewish practice called Kabbalah, though the reasoning behind it is widely debated.

Some believe that a single woman should wear the red string around her wrist until it falls off naturally, indicating that she will soon be married. Others suggest that the red symbolizes fertility or protection against the bloodshed of war. All my Bubbie told me was that her mother had done the same for her and that the bracelet would be a talisman of good luck as I entered this next stage of my life.

My family is Jewish, but we’re not that Jewish. We belong to a reform congregation, and at least for me, my Jewish identity is more about heritage than religion. I wasn’t surprised that my Bubbie chose to evoke this Jewish tradition when I was preparing to leave home; just a few years earlier I received a slew of Jewish jewelry for my bat mitzvah celebration. But I had my suspicions that Bubbie’s gift had more to do with the color than the superstition.

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