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Noun

yoghurt-knitting ‎(uncountable)

1. (humorous, sometimes pejorative) An imagined hobby of left-wing, environmentalist or hippie people.
   • 2004, The Architects' Journal

     Neither does a not-great website whose amateurishness merely reinforces the suspicion that shambling yoghurt-knitting is still a popular activity.

   • 2009, John Harman, The green crunch: why we need a new economics for Britain's environmental challenge

     In this the instincts of traditional green politics towards insularity and self-sufficiency, the cause of all those gibes about yoghurt-knitting, are completely mistaken.

   • 2010 March 8, Martin Salter, "David Cameron's decontamination project is in danger of derailing", The Daily Telegraph

     A closer look at Conservative candidate training techniques reveals that its not all been yoghurt knitting and yoga in a yurt in Notting Hill.

Adjective

yoghurt-knitting ‎(not comparable)

1. (humorous, sometimes pejorative) Having left-wing, environmentalist or hippie leanings.
   • 2004, Eve Cameron, Lose weight and stay slim: Secrets of fad-free dieting, Infinite Ideas (ISBN 9781907518430), page 76

     Muesli, despite its sandal-wearing, yoghurt-knitting associations, isn't always as healthy as you might think.

   • 2008, Jon Gaunt, Gaunty's Best of British: It's Called Great Britain, Not Rubbish Britain, Random House (ISBN 9780753518762), page 72

     But green issues are clearly not our biggest concern because if they were we would have more of the lentil—eating, yoghurt—knitting 2CV drivers in Parliament, getting their noses into the no doubt organic trough.

   • 2015, Josie Curran, Organised Fun, Pan Macmillan (ISBN 9780752265988)

     I think my mum must have been going through a 'yoghurt knitting' hippy stage at the time, as the only brand that ever appeared in my lunch box was a mini packet of raisins as a treat.

Related terms

• knit yoghurt
• yoghurt-knitter

Synonyms

• lentil-weaving
• tree-hugging