craft + activism = craftivism.

WHO: Knit-A-Square, a charity collecting crocheted and knitted squares for AIDS orphans. WHAT: Collecting 400,000 squares! 400,000! Enough to make 10,000 blankets! You could also make a vest, a pullover or a hat! WHAT TO MAKE: 8″x8″ squares. (20×20 cms) 24 squares = 1 baby blanket. 40 squares = child’s blanket. (Knit instructions!) (Crochet instructions!) [...]

The United States observance of Mother’s Day is May 10th. Remember

On my recent trip out to Portland, Oregon, I found myself in awe of the view below me for a good bit of the flight. The sun vs the clouds, the clouds vs earth, water vs land. I uploaded the photos the other day and was awed again at the wide variations in color and [...]

Many moons ago, I volunteered for The Prince’s Trust in Watford, Hertfordshire. As for the town of Watford, let’s just say my English friends mocked me as much as I would get here in the US if I moved to New Jersey. Some places just get a bad rap. Although living in a YMCA on [...]

Ok, so I’ve talked about not liking the shouting version of protesting. I find it counterproductive in most cases. Although not in the case of Afghan women taking to the streets to protest a marriage law, a law that would require them to have sex with their husbands at least 1 day in 4, unless [...]