Artists: Qian Liu, Jane Powers The Why Not Knit! shanty provides a place for people to meet each other and converse, through the act of joining threads together: knitting, crocheting, tying knots, braiding, and even weaving with your hands with gloves on. As in quilting bees, story yarns may evolve as the threads of yarn are joined. Along with weaving threads, participants can choose to add their verse to an ongoing poem, “why not knit!”.