craft + activism = craftivism.

“Knitting is a symbol of many things, knitting together things that have been broken, and our society has been broken… knitting is a symbol of hoping that we can bring some kind of unity.” (from the Northern Ireland video from Shannon Airport below) This morning I was happy to receive a link to Yoko Ono’s [...]

CAMPAIGN: CODEPINK is collecting knitted squares for a cozy (see photo above) for the White House fence for Mother’s Day as a protest against war. All war. WHAT TO MAKE: The squares need to be 4″x4″ and tightly knit, in the stitch of your choice. The donations need to be received by May 4th, as [...]

The art of missing is a mysterious and fine craft. It comes from nowhere with no warning until you’re dizzy with remembrances when just a second before you were wondering what to have for lunch. I find myself in a missing state today even though I’m not really sure how I got there. Old memories [...]

Also documenting craftivism and radical craft is The Fabric of Resistance. Delving deeper into the past and helping us provide a framework of how we got to this point in time as related to feminism, craft and activism, this remarkable collection holds valuable research!

Craftivism. Just a little, silly word that was made up once upon a long time ago at a knitting circle. A silly little word with a meaning behind it. In taking two culturally stereotyped words “craft” and “activism,” I wanted to show how they could be used in conjunction and for good. Just like “craft” [...]