From garments to gardens: negotiating material relationships online and 'by hand'

From home improvement to scrapbooking, leisure activities performed “by hand” increasingly involve digital tools. In turn, software and devices to support handwork are proliferating. We use data from an observational field study of gardening and knitting to examine relationships to information technology. Handwork experiences of patience, effort,

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2011
• Where: CHI
• Authors: Elizabeth Goodman, Daniela Rosner
• Keywords: CHI 2011, Digital Tools, Human Computer Interaction, Leisure Activities, Patience