craft + activism = craftivism.

Despite the fact that it’s February 12, and Valentine’s day is in 2 days, I really wanted to share this amazing project that the wonderfully awesome Craftivist Collective is doing this year! So, if you have some extra time this weekend, whip up a batch of cards and participate. Alternatively, all this to your calendar [...]

A few slides from my talk in Oslo the other week. I’m putting them here, because the first slide, to me, is the crux of what craft’s all about. It’s a dividing line of sorts, that makes people argue if craft is this, or if craft is that. Is craft more populist? Or is it [...]

Apologies now to anyone who really dislikes parentheses. This is one of those “in case you missed it” posts, because this story broke earlier this year. Because it’s Saturday and because I find this completely fascinating, here’s a video of the Riot Dog in Greece. While the destructive element of the Black Bloc angers me [...]

I love getting emails from people doing wonderful craftivist projects around the world! Recently, I got an amazingly kind and exciting email from Hester at Crafting For Peace. Along with it, the link to this beautiful and brilliantly done video! Crafting Peace Finale from Butterfly Works on Vimeo.

If you follow what’s going on in the craft world, chances are you know about what’s been called yarn bombing, yarn storming, graffiti knitting and/or guerrilla knitting. It’s a crafty way to reclaim city space and make your town, city, village more personable and less drab. It’s so easy to get lost in a sea [...]