08 4 / 2012
Snow Fooling by Meg Swanson
Threads magazine, issue #39, p.78
found on: www.craftstylish.com
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03 4 / 2012
Research Survey - Please Participate!
Do you consider yourself a crafter? For one of my classes I had to design an online survey. This research survey will also help my master’s thesis research. If you consider yourself a crafter please participate! Thank you for your help! (AND it’s only 10 questions.)
Please reblog!
Thanks
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31 3 / 2012
‘Knitting a revolution, one stitch at a time’
This is an incredible example of craftivism. Originally distributed by Reuters on March 3, 2012, this video shows a group of Syrian rebels crafting their own rebel flags and uniforms in resistance to the Assad regime. Here we see craft as a tool of resistance and as a tool of empowerment.
text transcript via jpost.com:
Activists defy the Syrian government by making banners, placards and uniforms to support anti-government rebels.
Activists in a village near Homs are helping Syrian rebels by sewing military uniforms and rebel flags.
Some have faced their own losses during protests against President Bashar Assad.
“My brother is injured and I will keep on working and participate in the protests and with the Free Syrian Army to get rid of this corrupt regime, and we will not fall back and will not kneel or surrender,” says one woman.
They are left with few choices.
“We expect that they will bomb us anytime and will destroy our houses, but we are not frightened and will not leave our houses, because we have no where else to go to,” another woman adds.
They fear once Assad’s forces clear rebel strongholds in Homs they will be next. One soldier from the opposition Free Syria army offers assurances.
A Free Syria Army soldier says, “Homs will not fall, as long as there is a soul and a drop of blood in it, we will continue fighting, we will stay in our path until we get rid of the regime.”
The UN says Syrian forces have killed more than 7,500 civilians since the uprising began last March.
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19 3 / 2012
Knit a Uterus to Donate to a Congressman in Need
I am so excited to have found this on Jezebel today. I think responding to the recent shaming legislation with craftivism is fantastic!
text & images via www.governmentfreevjj.com:
The Snatchel Project: Let’s make a uterus or VJJ for each male rep in congress!
If they have their own, they can leave ours alone!
Who Are We?
We are women, we are strong, we are smart. And we have a sense of humor.
We do not need government interference with our doctors or our healthcare.
We do not need government probing our vaginas to help us make decisions about abortion.
We do not need government to give us guidance about whether or not to take birth control.
We do not need misogynistic pundits calling us sluts and prostitutes.
We are half of the population and we will not be treated as children or a disenfranchised minority.
Join Us
Whether you are a Democrat, a Republican, or an Independent, female or male, please join us in sending a strong message to our government representatives.
Tell your male government representatives:
“Hands off my uterus! Here’s one of your own!”
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15 3 / 2012
finally sent off some of my zines in the post! and a crocheted beanie for ben!
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13 3 / 2012
yes. =p
Omg.
(via riotprrl)
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07 3 / 2012
London 2012: mystery knitter leaves Olympics-themed knitted figures on pier
via http://www.telegraph.co.uk:
A mystery knitter has left a huge Olympics-themed knitted work on the pier in Saltburn-by-the-Sea near Teesside.
Pictures: Richard Rayner / North News & Pictures
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